Carrier profile · USDOT 45778 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FOX & JAMES INC

DBA FOX & JAMES NATIONALEASE

25 power unitsavg 4.2 yrRegional · 4 statesLATROBE, PA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksfoxandjames.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 25-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 49 total · 4 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20242011
20222002
20212002
20201001
20191001
20167027
20153023
20133003
20112012
20102002
20094013
20083021
20074013
20051001
20032012
20024031
20002022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 6, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 20, 2025PA01Yes
Sep 4, 2025PA00Yes
May 22, 2025PA04Yes
May 28, 2024IL02No
Mar 28, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 15, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 14, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2021MD00Yes
May 4, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 22, 2020PA00Yes
Mar 7, 2019OH00Yes
Aug 25, 2016PA00Yes
May 26, 2016PA00Yes
Apr 8, 2016PA01Yes
Mar 5, 2016OH00Yes
Feb 16, 2016MD00Yes
Feb 3, 2016PA02Yes
Jan 12, 2016OH00Yes
Sep 8, 2015PA01Yes
Jul 27, 2015SC03Yes
Jun 30, 2015PA00Yes
Aug 5, 2013NJ00Yes
Mar 28, 2013WV00Yes
Mar 6, 2013PA00Yes