Carrier profile · USDOT 80806 · MC-135797 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

J B Hunt Transport Inc

DBA J B HUNT

— power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 49 statesLOWELL, AR70/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-135797 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksjbhunt.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 22.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10,927 vehicle and 19,984 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.2% · 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 1.5 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

19,484 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 975

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving7,549 · 35 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2,523 · 882 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2,514 · 2,068 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1,450 · 416 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance855 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance772 · 374 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance681 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance549 · 48 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance452 · 60 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance403 · 54 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2,414 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1,618ELD device issues
85No log / no ELD
216False logs
292Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19,865 total · 1,488 in 24 mo

19,865
Total crashes
1,488
In last 24 mo
576
Fatal
7,649
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202637819127365
202578913271757
202483432285799
202389225280865
20221079303461036
202193932324895
202079817287765
201983027295795
201882516289793
201771125254679
201662910207602
201559214189572
201453517197515
201344212148422
201238810132372
20113317129314
201037314136348
200933610124321
200851511177494
200758117195542
200658318231529
200555416223514
200445513171420
200348715241432
200245015213391
200140515180362
200042922210391
199942413214381
199838210203350
199740314206363
199658919291548
199556213276519
199445813239397
19933038135250
19923456139254
1991146653102
19908323039
198910028
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026IA02Yes
Jul 28, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 27, 2026WI00Yes
Jul 21, 2026AR00Yes
Jul 21, 2026WA00Yes
Jul 20, 2026WI11Yes
Jul 20, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 19, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2026MI00Yes
Jul 16, 2026AR01Yes
Jul 15, 2026PA02Yes
Jul 15, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 14, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 13, 2026NJ01Yes
Jul 10, 2026MS10No
Jul 8, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 8, 2026SC12Yes
Jul 7, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 6, 2026OK01Yes
Jul 6, 2026GA00Yes
Jul 6, 2026GA00Yes
Jul 5, 2026MT00Yes
Jul 4, 2026IN00Yes
Jul 3, 2026IN00Yes
Jul 2, 2026GA00Yes