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Company CheckVM CARGO LLC · DOT 3627873

522 GEORGIA TAVERN RD, HOWELL, NJ, 07731

DOT# 3627873 MC# 1241763 Howell, New Jersey 4 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,500,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Apr 30, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Apr 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 20, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 23, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 10, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 24, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address522 GEORGIA TAVERN RD, HOWELL, NJ, 07731

Mailing Address522 GEORGIA TAVERN RD, HOWELL, NJ, 07731

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1241763

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.14 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage126,392 miles

Mileage Year2022

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$1,500,000

Type91X

Effective10/05/2024

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #GRT29634A

Last checked07/26/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage126,392 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15010/2025

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS =

2025

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Apr 2026, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
10/20/2025	UPPER SAUCON TOWNSHIP	PA	0	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Wet	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 4 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/30/2026	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP PA	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/23/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	DONNER PASS CVEF	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	SH74/WATERLOO	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/24/2025	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I81 SB MM 232 GREAT BEND TWP -	3	1	3	1	-	▲Detail
06/20/2024	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 52 FLORENCE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	MT	Full (Level I)	WEST YELLOWSTONE MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2024	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	HOTCHKISS CO	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOZEMAN MT	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-270 S/B HYATTSTOWN SCALEHOUS	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections7

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2022-01-08	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2022-02-18

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA04160769	$750,000	10/05/2021	10/05/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DRIVE NEW JERSEY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA04160769	$750,000	10/05/2021	10/05/2024	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1241763	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/12/2021	-	-

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97/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

VM CARGO LLC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (9)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

Licensing & Insurance

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