Carrier profile · USDOT 1466567 · MC-558123 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Z Transportation Inc

215 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 45 statesLINCOLN PARK, NJ81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-558123 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksztransportation.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 27.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 234 vehicle and 445 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

431 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 26

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 215-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
215
Inspections · 24 mo
445
Annualized
≈223 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Driving146 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance71 · 61 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance54 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

38ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 80 total · 12 in 24 mo

80
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20255005
20247026
20233013
20226126
20215035
20203003
2019100510
2018100210
20176016
20166016
20151001
20123003
20113022
20103032
20091011
20081001
20062002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026NJ01Yes
Jun 23, 2026KY00Yes
May 26, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 5, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 4, 2026NM04Yes
Nov 10, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 1, 2025UT00Yes
Feb 27, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 1, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 1, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 17, 2024NJ00Yes
May 10, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 21, 2024NC02No
Jan 17, 2024CT00Yes
Jan 9, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 2, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 16, 2023IN01Yes
Feb 23, 2023MA00Yes
Dec 15, 2022PA02Yes
Sep 28, 2022NJ00Yes
Aug 23, 2022NC00Yes
May 11, 2022NJ01Yes
Feb 16, 2022PA10Yes