Carrier profile · USDOT 1289454 · MC-501715 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A&j Transport Inc

3 power unitsavg 18.3 yrLocal · 2 statesKANSAS CITY, MO74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-501715 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 57.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 22.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 29.2 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 3-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20181001
20171001
20161001
20071011
20063013
20054024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 25, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 3, 2018MO00Yes
Feb 27, 2017CO00Yes
Apr 16, 2016WY00Yes
Jan 11, 2007MO01Yes
Nov 3, 2006MO02Yes
Oct 16, 2006KS00Yes
Jun 6, 2006KS00Yes
Oct 20, 2005KS00Yes
Jun 22, 2005KS01Yes
Mar 31, 2005KS01Yes
Feb 22, 2005MO00Yes