Carrier profile · USDOT 803834 · MC-599139 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J Higgins Trucking Inc

18 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 3 statesTULSA, OK87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-599139 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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 45.4 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20191001
20171001
20151001
20142002
20132012
20122012
20112012
20052021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 8, 2025OK00Yes
Jun 23, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 1, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 13, 2019OK00Yes
Aug 12, 2017OK00Yes
Apr 10, 2015OK00Yes
Dec 29, 2014OK00Yes
Apr 23, 2014KS00Yes
Oct 15, 2013OK00Yes
Jan 8, 2013OK01Yes
Nov 6, 2012OK02Yes
Mar 5, 2012OK00Yes
Sep 20, 2011OK00Yes
Jun 28, 2011OK02Yes
Aug 18, 2005OK02Yes
Aug 10, 2005OK01No