KEYS DRAYAGE INC
USDOT 3439111MC-Docket MC1116445LINDEN, NJ
Review before tendering2 power units
KEYS DRAYAGE INC (USDOT 3439111) in LINDEN, NJ — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,500,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-06-17) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Safety rating is Conditional — FMCSA found enough issues to flag but not enough to downgrade to Unsatisfactory.
- BASIC alert flagged in: Driver Fitness.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 2 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 8 times, most recent 2025-06-17 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2026-03-04 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0
Driver fitness
ALERT
measure 8.44
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 13.33
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
5
Injuries
2
Crashes
5
Inspections
3
OOS inspections
11
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,500,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 2
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 6
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 2 of 2 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 40%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 40%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 8 times last 2025-06-17
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-13
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2026-03-04 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
10
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
67
Violations
14
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-12 → 2026-02-06.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-11-19
NY
3 injured
2025-09-29
NY
2 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
39 | 9 | 2026-02-06 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
10 | 0 | 2025-10-28 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
4 | 2 | 2025-10-28 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 1 | 2025-10-28 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 2 | 2025-10-28 |
General safety regulations 390
|
3 | 0 | 2024-05-24 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-10-28 | Driver Fitness | License (CDL) - Operate a CMV and does not possess a valid CDL | OOS |
| 2025-10-28 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Improperly joined such as a splice made by sliding the hose ends over a piece of tubing and clamping the hos | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Low pressure warning device missing/inoperative | OOS |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a non-safety-related reason and in the state of driver's license issuance | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-09-26 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on fi | OOS |
| 2025-08-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake tubing and hose adequacy | OOS |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failure to ensure intermodal container securement | OOS |
| 2024-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failure to correct defects noted on previous inspection report | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles manufactured after February 2001 | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2024-05-24 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate - no previous history | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 9 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-02-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C-WRAWFLMIB | — | — |
2025-10-28 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
2025-09-26 14 viols· 8 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTIJ | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51C-BLPW | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BALR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41APC | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-SIN | OOS | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 51A-NSIN | — | — |
2025-08-11 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2024-12-03 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 126 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2IRP | — | — |
2024-05-24 13 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9(d)(2) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(3) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2024-02-06 13 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209E-SPSLA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209D-STPAL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41(a) | — | — |
2023-11-20 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
2023-07-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
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