Carrier profile · USDOT 521961 · MC-171395 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James a Turner Inc

23 power unitsavg 9.5 yrRegional · 4 statesSOUDERTON, PA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-171395 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 18.8%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 — 16 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 22.3 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 107.620 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 40 total · 4 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20241001
20231001
20223013
20212021
20181001
20161001
20153003
20141001
20123013
20101011
20071011
20061001
20052021
20042022
20032012
20022012
20002021
19992002
19984033
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 11, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 2, 2026PA01Yes
Oct 13, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 11, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 22, 2023PA00Yes
Sep 24, 2022PA01Yes
Jun 3, 2022PA00Yes
May 19, 2022PA00Yes
Nov 18, 2021DE02No
Sep 15, 2021PA01Yes
May 9, 2018PA00Yes
Mar 14, 2016NJ00Yes
Sep 19, 2015PA00Yes
Jul 6, 2015PA00Yes
Jun 19, 2015PA00Yes
Apr 29, 2014PA00Yes
Nov 30, 2012PA01Yes
Jun 28, 2012NJ00Yes
Apr 3, 2012NJ00Yes
Oct 6, 2010PA01Yes
Nov 8, 2007NJ03Yes
Aug 2, 2006PA00Yes
Mar 11, 2005PA02Yes
Jan 19, 2005PA02No