Carrier profile · USDOT 538279 · MC-268329 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

James Boone Trucking Inc

DBA SEMINOLE EXPRESS

47 power unitsavg 6.1 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSEMINOLE, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-268329 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 31.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 85 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 18.9 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 10

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
85
Annualized
43 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 82 total · 2 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20241010
20231001
20225115
20212012
20204024
20192002
20184014
20173013
20166036
20154014
20141001
20135025
20123003
20114034
20103013
20092021
20081010
20071001
20064024
20051011
20042112
20032102
20023023
20015023
20002022
19994023
19982012
19963022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 30, 2026MA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025GA01Yes
May 15, 2024AL01No
Aug 2, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 18, 2022AL00Yes
May 15, 2022VA00Yes
May 15, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 26, 2022AL10Yes
Jan 17, 2022KY03Yes
Jun 14, 2021AL01Yes
Apr 7, 2021FL00Yes
Nov 29, 2020GA02Yes
Jul 20, 2020KY00Yes
Apr 5, 2020TN01Yes
Jan 6, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 22, 2019AL00Yes
Aug 6, 2019AL00Yes
Nov 8, 2018GA00Yes
Aug 17, 2018FL00Yes
Jul 31, 2018KY00Yes
Jan 30, 2018VA04Yes
Dec 20, 2017SC00Yes
Oct 9, 2017MS01Yes
Sep 28, 2017GA00Yes
Oct 6, 2016AL00Yes