Carrier profile · USDOT 3312203 · MC-1718985 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JB LOGISTICS EXPRESS INC

30 power unitsavg 12.6 yrLocal · 1 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA94/100
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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 20.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 218 vehicle and 253 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.7% · 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 5.3 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

249 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 17

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
≈4.2 / 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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
253
Annualized
≈127 / yr
Coverage
≈4.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving131 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance51 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance49 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 3 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
1False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 4 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20233013
20222012
20212002
20203003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026CA02Yes
Sep 26, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 10, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2023CA01Yes
Nov 1, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 29, 2022CA01Yes
Dec 2, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 13, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2020CA00Yes