Carrier profile · USDOT 215049 · MC-181543 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Jack Hood Transportation Inc

78 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesMICHIGAN CITY, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181543 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 5.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 83 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 8.6 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

80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

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 78-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
83
Annualized
42 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
8Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 108 total · 2 in 24 mo

108
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20242012
20233023
20221001
20217017
20206026
20194014
20185135
20172012
20162012
20154024
2014110611
20136006
20122012
20112002
20104014
20098038
20083023
20073023
20064024
20054114
20044034
20035035
20021011
20014014
20001011
19994024
19981011
19971011
19962022
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2026AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2024MS01Yes
Jun 2, 2024LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 14, 2023VA01Yes
Apr 11, 2023MD01Yes
Apr 13, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 25, 2021OH00Yes
Jul 13, 2021AL01Yes
Jun 30, 2021LA00Yes
Jun 6, 2021AL00Yes
May 29, 2021TN00Yes
Apr 2, 2021OH00Yes
Feb 20, 2021FL00Yes
Nov 4, 2020GA01Yes
Aug 15, 2020AL00Yes
Mar 14, 2020GA00Yes
Feb 28, 2020FL01Yes
Jan 28, 2020GA00Yes
Jan 9, 2020GA00Yes
Nov 19, 2019GA00Yes
Aug 23, 2019FL00Yes
Jul 27, 2019VA01Yes
Apr 17, 2019GA00Yes
Oct 19, 2018MN03Yes