JAMES D YODER Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 3
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈5.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Maintenance38 · 21 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 28 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance25
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
- 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
- 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 41 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 2 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/26/2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| 08/04/2014 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |