Carrier profile · USDOT 1889400 · MC-708510 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J B Critchley Inc

78 power unitsavg 10 yrRegional · 4 statesREEDLEY, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708510 ACTIVE
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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 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 109 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.0% · 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 3.1 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 21

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 78-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
130
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving120 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 19 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 52 total · 4 in 24 mo

52
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20244024
20237027
20226046
20216326
20204114
20198118
20188138
20173013
20153023
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 2, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 7, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 25, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 5, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 7, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 15, 2023CA00Yes
Oct 26, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 2, 2023CA02Yes
Jun 7, 2023CA00Yes
May 12, 2023CA02Yes
Mar 29, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 24, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2022CA02Yes
Nov 3, 2022CA01Yes
Oct 26, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 27, 2022CA01Yes
Mar 12, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 8, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 17, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 3, 2021CA20Yes
Oct 29, 2021CA20Yes
Oct 11, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 30, 2021CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2021CA11Yes