Carrier profile · USDOT 226073 · MC-169554 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

James Mason Enterprises Inc

20 power unitsavg 12.7 yrNational · 25 statesKECHI, KS74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-169554 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjamesmasonent.comFMCSA SAFER

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 37.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 15.9 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 5

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
54
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 47 total · 4 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20233023
20211001
20207027
20191011
20182002
20172012
20162002
20151001
20142022
20132022
20121001
20111001
20101001
20081001
20072002
20063003
20052012
20041011
20021011
20001001
19981010
19972112
19961010
19951011
19931000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026TX02Yes
Mar 17, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 16, 2025OK00Yes
Mar 15, 2025MT01Yes
Nov 5, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 10, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 24, 2023WY01Yes
Dec 6, 2021SD00Yes
Dec 13, 2020CO00Yes
Aug 27, 2020KY01Yes
Jul 30, 2020MO00Yes
Jun 4, 2020NC01Yes
May 8, 2020KS00Yes
Feb 17, 2020MO00Yes
Jan 3, 2020MO00Yes
Oct 23, 2019MT03Yes
Dec 6, 2018WY00Yes
Sep 27, 2018VA00Yes
Dec 30, 2017OK01Yes
Oct 12, 2017IA00Yes
Apr 25, 2016IA00Yes
Mar 17, 2016VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2015KS00Yes
Aug 1, 2014KS02Yes
Feb 13, 2014OK02Yes