Carrier profile · USDOT 299202 · MC-395923 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

YARDE METALS INC

DBA YARDE METALS

127 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 17 statesSOUTHINGTON, CT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-395923 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 13.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 148 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 5.4 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

142 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 9

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 127-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
127
Inspections · 24 mo
148
Annualized
≈74 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 45 total · 5 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20243013
20232012
20221001
20212002
20201001
20192012
20184004
20172012
20162012
20151001
20133013
20121001
20105025
20091001
20082021
20072011
20061101
20043031
20031001
20011001
19992122
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2026MA00Yes
May 9, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 31, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024NJ00Yes
Oct 9, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 6, 2024NJ01Yes
Oct 20, 2023OH00Yes
Jan 20, 2023NC01Yes
Sep 28, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 11, 2021PA00Yes
Mar 3, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 18, 2020MA00Yes
Oct 23, 2019MA02Yes
Mar 5, 2019CT00Yes
Oct 19, 2018MA00Yes
Jun 27, 2018NJ00Yes
May 16, 2018NY00Yes
Jan 3, 2018MI00Yes
Apr 13, 2017NC01Yes
Mar 1, 2017SC00Yes
Dec 8, 2016PA05Yes
Oct 17, 2016PA00Yes
Sep 29, 2015NY00Yes
Dec 20, 2013CT00Yes
Oct 10, 2013PA00Yes