Carrier profile · USDOT 261423 · MC-163876 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Jat of Fort Wayne Inc

122 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 28 statesFORT WAYNE, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163876 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 26.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 175 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.0 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

171 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 122-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
122
Inspections · 24 mo
175
Annualized
≈88 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving93 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 21 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

32ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 132 total · 10 in 24 mo

132
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
46
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255015
2024110311
20235015
20229039
2021100210
20203003
20197017
20187017
20178118
20166036
20157047
20143003
20133123
20125025
20111001
20102012
20092002
20081011
20074014
20065024
20054133
20043023
20034014
20022012
20014034
20001011
19992022
19981010
19972021
19951001
19941001
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026NJ00Yes
Feb 22, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 1, 2025PA00Yes
May 30, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 24, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 28, 2025NJ00Yes
Jan 3, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 27, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 9, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 7, 2024MD00Yes
May 29, 2024IL00Yes
May 24, 2024IN00Yes
May 13, 2024PA01Yes
Apr 18, 2024TN00Yes
Feb 2, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 26, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 20, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 12, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 23, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 7, 2023WY00Yes
Jan 19, 2023IN01Yes
Dec 23, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 3, 2022IN01Yes