Carrier profile · USDOT 2343046 · MC-816842 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VALIANT CONTRACTING LLC

39 power unitsavg 3.7 yrRegional · 6 statesLAKE HOPATCONG, NJ87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-816842 ACTIVE
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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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 158 vehicle and 253 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.7% · 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 10.8 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

248 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 23

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
≈3.2 / 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
39
Inspections · 24 mo
253
Annualized
≈127 / yr
Coverage
≈3.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
50%
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 Driving511 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance98 · 93 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving8 · 5 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 385 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 34 total · 7 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254024
20244024
20233013
20224014
20215044
20202002
20194013
20182021
20172002
20161011
20151001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026NJ01Yes
Aug 12, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 23, 2025CT00Yes
Apr 15, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 14, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 14, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 7, 2024NY01Yes
May 28, 2024CT00Yes
Mar 5, 2024CT03Yes
Nov 3, 2023NJ00Yes
May 30, 2023NY01Yes
May 18, 2023NY00Yes
Jul 26, 2022CT00Yes
Jul 20, 2022NJ00Yes
Feb 24, 2022NJ00Yes
Jan 25, 2022NJ01Yes
Dec 4, 2021NY01No
Aug 6, 2021NY01Yes
Jun 16, 2021NY00Yes
May 28, 2021NY01Yes
Feb 16, 2021NJ01Yes
Oct 15, 2020NY00Yes
Jun 18, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 13, 2019NY00Yes
Dec 9, 2019NJ00Yes