Carrier profile · USDOT 2643530 · MC-921611 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

J&B EXPRESS LLC

35 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 25 statesMERRILLVILLE, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-921611 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 7.0 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

62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
1%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

13ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 6 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20254024
20242002
20233013
20227027
20214023
20201001
20192002
20184024
20172022
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 2, 2026PA01No
Nov 19, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 3, 2025TX03Yes
Aug 11, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 3, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 16, 2024MD00Yes
Jan 14, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 26, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 15, 2023MD03Yes
Aug 9, 2023WV00Yes
Oct 3, 2022FL01Yes
Sep 20, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 29, 2022TN00Yes
Aug 5, 2022MO00Yes
Jun 4, 2022TX00Yes
May 6, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 2, 2022KY01Yes
Oct 11, 2021KY01No
Sep 1, 2021PA01Yes
Mar 30, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2021WY00Yes
Aug 14, 2020KY00Yes
Oct 29, 2019PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2019KY00Yes
Dec 4, 2018IL00Yes