Carrier profile · USDOT 1297239 · MC-503140 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

J & K Transport Incorporated

18 power unitsavg 12.4 yrRegional · 3 statesHAMPTON, AR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-503140 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 22.7%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 — 22 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 47.4 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.26 ELD — required data elementsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
18Drove over hours

Crash history· 41 total · 8 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20244004
20235025
20224004
20213013
20202002
20191001
20181001
20175035
20161001
20153013
20141011
20121001
20083113
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2026LA01Yes
Oct 29, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 24, 2025AR03Yes
Jan 27, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2024AR00Yes
Oct 16, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 10, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 16, 2024AR00Yes
Dec 29, 2023AR00Yes
Jul 12, 2023AR00Yes
Jun 19, 2023AR01Yes
Mar 21, 2023AR00Yes
Jan 11, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 21, 2022AR00Yes
Jul 18, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 29, 2022AR00Yes
Jun 14, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2021TX01Yes
Jul 2, 2021TX00Yes
May 17, 2021AR00Yes
Jun 30, 2020AR00Yes
Mar 27, 2020AR00Yes
Dec 6, 2019OK00Yes
Aug 17, 2018AR00Yes