Carrier profile · USDOT 421893 · MC-1080443 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J T Russell & Sons Inc

48 power unitsavg 10.9 yrLocal · 1 statesALBEMARLE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1080443 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 0.0%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 — 39 vehicle and 128 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 7.9 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 11

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 172.602 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 201 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 34 total · 2 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20244024
20232012
20222022
20213013
20201001
20181101
20171001
20163012
20151010
20141011
20133013
20121011
20111001
20101010
20032122
20021001
20011011
20001011
19991011
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2025NC01Yes
Jan 3, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 12, 2024NC01Yes
Mar 14, 2024NC01Yes
Jan 30, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 30, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 30, 2023NC01Yes
Jul 24, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 17, 2022NC02Yes
Feb 9, 2022NC01Yes
Aug 21, 2021NC02Yes
Jan 6, 2021NC00Yes
Jan 5, 2021NC00Yes
Sep 4, 2020NC00Yes
Jun 6, 2018NC10Yes
Aug 14, 2017NC00Yes
Dec 19, 2016NC01No
Oct 10, 2016SC00Yes
Feb 18, 2016NC00Yes
Dec 8, 2015NC02No
Jul 31, 2014NC01Yes
Mar 5, 2013NC01Yes
Jan 4, 2013NC00Yes
Jan 4, 2013NC00Yes
Mar 21, 2012NC02Yes