Carrier profile · USDOT 1077858 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James R Bearden Jr

DBA CHURCH HILL TRUCKING INC

7 power unitsavg 9.5 yrLocal · 2 statesPRESTON, GA80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksFMCSA 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 77.8%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 — 9 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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 1.7 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
91%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.116 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 19 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20163033
20154024
20132012
20121001
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 19, 2024GA01Yes
Aug 22, 2016GA01Yes
May 26, 2016GA02Yes
Mar 29, 2016GA01Yes
Nov 12, 2015GA00Yes
Oct 7, 2015GA00Yes
Oct 6, 2015GA01Yes
Jan 1, 2015GA01Yes
Aug 8, 2013GA00Yes
Apr 3, 2013GA01Yes
Mar 5, 2012GA00Yes
Mar 17, 2011GA01Yes