Carrier profile · USDOT 271413 · MC-178215 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J & S Transport Inc

DBA J & S TRANSPORT & TIRE SALES

22 power unitsavg 13.8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesNORTH TAZEWELL, VA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178215 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 24.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 20.3 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 Aug '25 · 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
1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
32 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
9False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 78 total · 1 in 24 mo

78
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20233013
20221001
20211001
20194033
20181001
20173113
20162012
20151011
20144024
20134114
20121001
20114114
20101001
20093013
20081011
20072112
20062012
20051011
20044043
20033023
20025034
20012012
20002102
19992012
19982011
19977047
19963023
19954023
19931011
19921010
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 19, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023WV00Yes
Jun 1, 2023WV01Yes
Jan 3, 2023WV00Yes
Jan 3, 2022WV00Yes
Apr 7, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 14, 2019TN01No
Oct 4, 2019KY00Yes
Sep 5, 2019VA02Yes
Aug 11, 2019WV01Yes
Mar 26, 2018VA00Yes
May 18, 2017VA00Yes
Mar 1, 2017WV11Yes
Feb 3, 2017PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2016IN01Yes
Jun 9, 2016CO00Yes
Jun 5, 2015MI01Yes
Aug 3, 2014VA01Yes
Jun 3, 2014IN00Yes
Feb 20, 2014VA00Yes
Jan 27, 2014PA01Yes
Dec 30, 2013PA10Yes
Oct 22, 2013OH01Yes
Sep 24, 2013AL00Yes