Carrier profile · USDOT 623465 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James River Equipment Inc

DBA JAMES RIVER EQUIPMENT

136 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 5 statesASHLAND, VA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksjamesriverequipment.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 136-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
136
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 55 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 30 total · 1 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20232002
20223022
20216036
20202112
20192002
20181001
20172012
20162002
20153022
20143023
20081001
20072011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 16, 2026VA00Yes
Jun 15, 2023NC00Yes
Feb 27, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 11, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 6, 2022VA01Yes
Apr 27, 2022VA01No
Sep 30, 2021VA00Yes
May 13, 2021NC01Yes
May 5, 2021NC01Yes
Mar 24, 2021VA00Yes
Jan 14, 2021NC01Yes
Jan 7, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 27, 2020NC13Yes
Apr 20, 2020VA00Yes
Mar 4, 2019VA00Yes
Feb 6, 2019NC00Yes
Aug 13, 2018NC00Yes
Nov 13, 2017VA02Yes
Sep 19, 2017NC00Yes
Nov 18, 2016VA00Yes
Nov 11, 2016NC00Yes
Dec 18, 2015NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2015VA02Yes
Aug 3, 2015VA01No
May 27, 2014NC00Yes