Carrier profile · USDOT 536632 · MC-1740953 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

James River Petroleum Inc

DBA JRP

2 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 5 statesASHLAND, VA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1740953 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 12.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 10.1 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
19.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
38 / yr
Coverage
19.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.600 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 107 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 4 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20244023
20231001
20223022
20213003
20202011
20191001
20181001
20172012
20161011
20101001
20071011
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026GA02Yes
Feb 11, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 28, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 22, 2024VA01No
Jul 22, 2024VA01Yes
Apr 24, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 21, 2022NC02Yes
Aug 11, 2022MD02No
Jan 11, 2022VA00Yes
Sep 28, 2021VA00Yes
Jul 16, 2021VA00Yes
Jun 16, 2021VA00Yes
Jul 2, 2020VA01No
Jan 14, 2020VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2019VA00Yes
Jan 23, 2018VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2017VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2017MD01Yes
Jul 25, 2016VA01Yes
Feb 10, 2010VA00Yes
Jun 15, 2007VA01Yes
Sep 24, 1999VA00Yes