Carrier profile · USDOT 270972 · MC-179992 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

J R Tharpe Trucking Company Inc

DBA J R THARPE TRUCKING COMPANY

150 power unitsavg 5 yrRegional · 3 statesCHESTER, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-179992 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjrtharpetrucking.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 7.4%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 — 27 vehicle and 85 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.9 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 8

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 150-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
150
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 25, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 83 total · 16 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
38
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
20254004
202410079
2023110111
20223013
20216135
20205045
20194133
20184034
20172012
20161011
20153013
20142012
20135032
20111011
20101001
20092002
20084124
20074004
20051011
20042012
20021011
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026VA01Yes
Apr 21, 2026VA01Yes
Mar 9, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 6, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 30, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026VA00Yes
Nov 6, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 9, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 28, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 1, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 10, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 13, 2024VA01No
Aug 22, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 20, 2024VA01Yes
Aug 15, 2024VA00Yes
May 8, 2024VA01Yes
Apr 26, 2024VA01Yes
Feb 7, 2024VA02Yes
Jan 2, 2024VA01Yes
Nov 2, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 23, 2023VA01Yes
Aug 29, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 22, 2023VA00Yes
Jul 25, 2023VA00Yes