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Company CheckPENTA COMMUNICATIONS LLC · DOT 3684137

1421 WITHERSPOON ST, RAHWAY, NJ, 07065-5512

DOT# 3684137 Rahway, New Jersey

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 18, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 28, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 12, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

Phone(732) 832-8600

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1421 WITHERSPOON ST, RAHWAY, NJ, 07065-5512

Mailing Address1421 WITHERSPOON ST, RAHWAY, NJ, 07065-5512

Other Companies at This Address

Address1421 WITHERSPOON ST, RAHWAY, NJ 07065-5512

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
PENTA COMMUNICATIONS LLC this company	3684137	—	Active
DJL CONSTRUCTION	1789074	(732) 382-8600	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Company Overview

PENTA COMMUNICATIONS LLC is a FMCSA-validated motor carrier based in Rahway, New Jersey. The fleet consists of 27 power units and 33 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 285,458 miles (2025). With zero crashes across 18 inspections, PENTA COMMUNICATIONS LLC maintains an excellent safety record. Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates exceed the national average, which may indicate compliance concerns. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, PENTA COMMUNICATIONS LLC has a Trust Score of 87/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

Mileage

Annual Mileage285,458 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS25.0% avg 20.7%

Insurance

AmountNone on file

Type-

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet27 units

Drivers33

Mileage285,458 mi

MCS-15005/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service2

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total8

Out of Service2

OOS Rate25.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total2

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

2 · 1 OOS —

2024

7 · 1 OOS =

2025

4 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 — 9 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (44.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

33 roadside violations across 9 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 20 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 9 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 OOS

Other (General) 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 (14)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/13/2026 ▼	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	10	1	3	1	7	0	-
Violations (10) 391.41A-MCPC — CFR 391.41A-MCPC OOS 392.7A-D — CFR 392.7A-D Non-OOS 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.11A1-LRR — CFR 393.11A1-LRR Non-OOS 393.11A1-LRR — CFR 393.11A1-LRR Non-OOS 393.9A-LLPL — CFR 393.9A-LLPL Non-OOS 393.9A-LCL — CFR 393.9A-LCL Non-OOS 393.9A-LIL — CFR 393.9A-LIL Non-OOS 393.95A4-EEUS — CFR 393.95A4-EEUS Non-OOS 393.11A1-LSML — CFR 393.11A1-LSML Non-OOS
11/18/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	METLIFE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/28/2025 ▼	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWARK DE	2	1	0	0	0	1	-
Violations (2) 393.11A1-LTSM — CFR 393.11A1-LTSM OOS 390.21TB2-DOT — CFR 390.21TB2-DOT Non-OOS
06/12/2025 ▼	PA	Full (Level I)	MAIN ST MEASURING 21 FEET SOUT	3	1	1	1	2	0	-
Violations (3) 391.41(a)-FPC — CFR 391.41(a)-FPC OOS 393.95A — CFR 393.95A Non-OOS 393.78 — CFR 393.78 Non-OOS
03/26/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	MEADOWLANDS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
12/04/2024 ▼	PA	Full (Level I)	SCRANTON CARBONDALE HWY MEASUR	7	0	0	0	7	0	-
Violations (7) 392.2IRP — CFR 392.2IRP Non-OOS 392.2FT — CFR 392.2FT Non-OOS 392.2IRP — CFR 392.2IRP Non-OOS 396.9D2 — CFR 396.9D2 Non-OOS 396.9D2 — CFR 396.9D2 Non-OOS 396.9D2 — CFR 396.9D2 Non-OOS 396.17C — CFR 396.17C Non-OOS
12/02/2024 ▼	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON ROUTE 286 HWY E 80 FEET SOU	9	3	0	0	9	3	-
Violations (9) 393.9TS — CFR 393.9TS OOS 393.9T — CFR 393.9T Non-OOS 393.9BRKLAMP — CFR 393.9BRKLAMP OOS 393.43 — CFR 393.43 OOS 393.95A — CFR 393.95A Non-OOS 393.95F — CFR 393.95F Non-OOS 392.2FT — CFR 392.2FT Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS 392.2RG — CFR 392.2RG Non-OOS
09/23/2024 ▼	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WILLIAMSTOWN	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 390.21TB — CFR 390.21TB Non-OOS
07/22/2024 ▼	VT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WATERBURY NB REST AREA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
05/29/2024 ▼	DE	Full (Level I)	WILMINGTON DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 391.41(a) — CFR 391.41(a) Non-OOS
03/06/2024 ▼	DE	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWARK DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.16-D — Texting while driving Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
01/31/2024 ▼	DE	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILFORD DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 391.41A-MCPC — CFR 391.41A-MCPC Non-OOS
08/02/2023 ▼	DE	Driver-Only (Level III)	DE RT 41 S/B S/O YORKLYN RD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 391.41(a)(1) — CFR 391.41(a)(1) Non-OOS
06/13/2023 ▼	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	US30 W AT HELLAM EXIT	6	2	1	1	5	1	-
Violations (6) 395.8(a)(1) — ELD required but not used OOS (HOS Compliance) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 393.43 — CFR 393.43 OOS 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 396.17(c) — CFR 396.17(c) Non-OOS

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2022-08-12	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2022-09-12

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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87/100

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 87

Starts at 100−13 totalFinal 87

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Operating history unknown−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers — a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

Where this company lands — risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 25% vs national avg 20.72%.

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) knockout	−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.

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (14)

Out of Service Orders (1)

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