Carrier profile · USDOT 2555695 · MC-904219 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FJ Transport LLC

47 power unitsavg 17.3 yrMulti-region · 8 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-904219 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfjtransportllc.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 24.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 145 vehicle and 158 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.3% · 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 5.3 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

148 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 14

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
159
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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 Maintenance97 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance35 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 14 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 4 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20241001
20232022
20222002
20213023
20202012
20195055
20186016
20174114
20163023
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 9, 2024TX00Yes
May 26, 2023TX02Yes
Mar 28, 2023TX03Yes
Jul 25, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 29, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 6, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 14, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 4, 2021TX03Yes
Feb 16, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 4, 2020TX01Yes
Sep 28, 2019TX02Yes
Jul 23, 2019TX02Yes
Jul 3, 2019TX01Yes
Jun 23, 2019TX02Yes
May 13, 2019TX02Yes
Nov 19, 2018TX01Yes
Sep 26, 2018OK00Yes
Aug 27, 2018TX00Yes
Aug 8, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 13, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 6, 2018TX00Yes
Nov 14, 2017TX01Yes