Carrier profile · USDOT 609796 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

V a Tramontano & Son Inc

26 power unitsavg 3.1 yrRegional · 6 statesPISCATAWAY, NJ82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkstramontanoproduce.comFMCSA SAFER

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 5.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 13.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 6.7 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 11

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
74
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness12 · 7 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231001
20222012
20211001
20191001
20181011
20151011
20141001
20101011
20091001
20062012
20051001
20021001
20001001
19992002
19971001
19962012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 3, 2024NJ00Yes
May 19, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 18, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 7, 2022NJ01Yes
Mar 17, 2021NJ00Yes
Nov 25, 2019NJ00Yes
Jun 25, 2018NJ02Yes
Jun 5, 2015NJ02Yes
Apr 7, 2014NJ00Yes
Jun 28, 2010NJ01Yes
Mar 6, 2009NJ00Yes
Sep 14, 2006NY01Yes
Mar 16, 2006NJ00Yes
Oct 20, 2005NJ00Yes
Jul 3, 2002NJ00Yes
Mar 1, 2000NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 1999NJ00Yes
May 12, 1999NJ00Yes
Jul 14, 1997NJ00Yes
Nov 7, 1996NJ02Yes
Aug 2, 1996NJ00Yes