Carrier profile · USDOT 288497 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Taylor Oil Co Inc

3 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 12 statesSOMERVILLE, NJ88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 204 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

6.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

201 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 14

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
34.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
204
Annualized
102 / yr
Coverage
34.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 306 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 114 total · 5 in 24 mo

114
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
41
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20245005
20235024
20225015
20215005
20208146
20193013
20183113
20179029
20166026
20154024
20145044
20134024
20114014
20102012
20091001
20086026
20072011
20061011
20052022
20044014
20035025
20024013
20014023
20002002
19993012
19984024
19972012
19962002
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026MD02Yes
Jul 2, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 16, 2025NH00Yes
Oct 8, 2024NJ00Yes
Sep 3, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 2, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 18, 2024MD00Yes
Jan 17, 2024NJ00Yes
Oct 5, 2023NJ01No
Jun 22, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 29, 2023NJ00Yes
Jan 24, 2023MD00Yes
Jan 6, 2023NJ01Yes
Dec 20, 2022NJ00Yes
Oct 26, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 11, 2022PA00Yes
Apr 24, 2022MD00Yes
Jan 13, 2022NJ01Yes
Nov 18, 2021NJ00Yes
Sep 23, 2021NJ00Yes
Aug 5, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 20, 2021MA00Yes
Apr 12, 2021NJ00Yes
Dec 14, 2020MD10Yes
Nov 25, 2020NY01No