Carrier profile · USDOT 470267 · MC-205222 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J W Canaday Trucking Inc

25 power unitsavg 8.4 yrRegional · 3 statesPROVIDENCE FORGE, VA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-205222 ACTIVE
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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 33.3%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 — 9 vehicle and 16 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 46.4 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

16 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 25-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
25
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
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 Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 6 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253023
20242112
20232002
20221001
20214014
20201001
20182012
20162002
20152012
20141001
20131011
20121011
20101111
20091001
20081011
20072012
20042002
19991011
19972012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 27, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 14, 2025VA05Yes
Apr 9, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 13, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 15, 2024VA00Yes
Apr 26, 2024VA11Yes
Jul 7, 2023VA00Yes
Apr 18, 2023PA00Yes
Jun 1, 2022VA00Yes
Sep 24, 2021VA01Yes
Sep 21, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 15, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 13, 2021VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2020NC00Yes
Dec 6, 2018VA01Yes
Nov 12, 2018VA00Yes
Sep 28, 2016VA00Yes
Feb 3, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 28, 2015VA01Yes
Jan 20, 2015VA00Yes
Apr 24, 2014VA00Yes
Nov 27, 2013VA01Yes
Oct 19, 2012VA02Yes
Jul 12, 2010VA12Yes