Carrier profile · USDOT 384087 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J A BARKER CONSTRUCTION INC

10 power unitsavg 11.3 yrLocal · 1 statesSOUTH HILL, VA58/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksbarkerconst.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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 1

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 10-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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 14 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 2 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20172012
20151001
20143013
20121001
20081001
20071001
20061001
20051011
19992022
19971001
19961011
19942022
19932022
19912021
19901111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 14, 2017VA01Yes
Apr 12, 2017VA00Yes
Mar 1, 2015VA00Yes
Jun 26, 2014VA00Yes
Mar 7, 2014VA00Yes
Feb 12, 2014VA01Yes
Oct 16, 2012VA00Yes
Mar 19, 2008VA00Yes
Mar 29, 2007VA00Yes
Aug 24, 2006VA00Yes
Oct 4, 2005VA02Yes
Jul 16, 1999VA01Yes
Jul 12, 1999VA01Yes
Jun 2, 1997VA00Yes
Dec 4, 1996VA01Yes
Sep 16, 1994VA01Yes
Apr 5, 1994VA02Yes
Sep 28, 1993VA01Yes
Feb 3, 1993VA01Yes
Jul 8, 1991VA01No
Mar 20, 1991VA01Yes
Jun 12, 1990VA12Yes