Carrier profile · USDOT 916087 · MC-396761 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J Scott Enterprises Inc

12 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 6 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-396761 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 28.6%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 — 7 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 20.2 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 12-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
2.46measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.13measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 3, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20233013
20215035
20182012
20171001
20154014
20132012
20121001
20111001
20081011
20051011
20041010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 5, 2025AL01Yes
Oct 11, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 8, 2023AL03Yes
Feb 7, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 23, 2021AL00Yes
Sep 18, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 30, 2021AL02Yes
May 18, 2021AL01Yes
Mar 23, 2021AL01Yes
Aug 31, 2018AL03Yes
Jun 21, 2018TN00Yes
Nov 15, 2017TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2015AL00Yes
Aug 26, 2015AL02Yes
May 18, 2015AL00Yes
May 1, 2015AL00Yes
Dec 31, 2013AL00Yes
Jul 14, 2013AL01Yes
Oct 4, 2012AL00Yes
Aug 25, 2011AL00Yes
Nov 13, 2008AL01Yes
Jul 28, 2005AL01Yes
Mar 30, 2004FL01No