Carrier profile · USDOT 267253 · MC-182834 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

J a Trucking Inc

40 power unitsavg 9.6 yrRegional · 4 statesWEST NEWTON, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-182834 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 15.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 13.5 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
21 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 387.303 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 85 total · 6 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254004
20242022
20236115
20222002
20213013
20202002
20194014
20186045
20173003
20162012
20151011
20142111
20131001
20121001
20111001
20101001
20091001
20083022
20072012
20063012
20055033
20042011
20037046
20021001
20013032
20002012
19993013
19982002
19971011
19965035
19953023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026PA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 2, 2025WV00Yes
Aug 18, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 25, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024PA01Yes
Jan 24, 2024OH03Yes
Sep 2, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 21, 2023PA01No
Mar 30, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 4, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2023OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2023PA20Yes
Nov 10, 2022PA00Yes
Nov 9, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 20, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 20, 2021PA00Yes
Feb 3, 2021PA01Yes
Sep 2, 2020AR00Yes
Jan 30, 2020PA00Yes
Aug 5, 2019VA00Yes
Jun 24, 2019PA00Yes
May 23, 2019PA01Yes
Feb 6, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 1, 2018PA01Yes