Carrier profile · USDOT 2178521 · MC-756571 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Vital Transportation Corporation

19 power unitsavg 8.7 yrRegional · 6 statesPISCATAWAY, NJ88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-756571 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

19Power units

15 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.7Avg age (yr)

2001–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(732) 515-9361 Email dispatchmkoura@vitaltransportcorp.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 21, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 2

Driver out-of-service rate above average12.0% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes8 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 15 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2011.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

19 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.7 yr

Model years 2001–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

15 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2011 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 6.2 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 3

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 19-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Selective’14–’16

State Pennsylvania’17–’19

United Specialty’19–’21

Highlander Specialty’21–’23

Arch’24–now

2011201520192023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2024 → Jan 2026	$750K	2
SOUTHLAKE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2023 → Aug 2024	$750K	1
HIGHLANDER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2021 → Aug 2023	$750K	2
UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2019 → Aug 2021	$750K	4
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2017 → Aug 2019	$750K	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2016 → Aug 2016	$750K	2
SELECTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2014 → Aug 2016	$750K	1
ARI INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2013 → Sep 2014	$750K	3
ARGONAUT-MIDWEST INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2012 → Apr 2013	$750K	2
DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2011 → Apr 2012	$750K	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 19
Observed power (24 mo): 15
Trailers (towed): 11

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

19.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NY busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

PISCATAWAY, NJ

91 NEW ENGLAND AVE

Top corridor

NY ⇄ NJ

NY 8 · NJ 5 · MA 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 516243Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1441874 USDOT 4354809 USDOT 516243 USDOT 3597009 USDOT 1203189 USDOT 93272 USDOT 348981 USDOT 188556

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 91 NEW ENGLAND AVE, PISCATAWAY, NJ, 08854
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (732) 515-9361
Email: mkoura@vitaltransportcorp.com
Web domain: vitaltransportcorp.com

Registration

Officers: Stephanie Thornton · Mohamed Koura
USDOT / docket: 2178521 · MC-756571
First registered: Aug 2, 2011
Last MCS-150: Nov 19, 2025 · 1,984,999 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,984,999

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION.

VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION (USDOT 2178521) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 21, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 21, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 11 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 21, 2026.

It reports 19 power units and 24 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Nov 19, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION's USDOT number?

VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION's USDOT number is 2178521, and its motor carrier number is MC-756571.

Is VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION authorized to operate?

As of Jun 21, 2026, VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION's safety record?

VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION has a 9.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 31 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION's fleet?

VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION operates 19 power units and 24 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION based?

VITAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION is based in PISCATAWAY, NJ, with roadside inspections recorded across 6 states.

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