Carrier profile · USDOT 2971526 · MC-10338 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

JBA EXPRESS LLC

48 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 10 statesHIDALGO, TX81/100
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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 25.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 71 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 35.6 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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 48-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
71
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness6 · 5 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
8False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232012
20223013
20211011
20201001
20192011
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 7, 2024MS00Yes
Jul 14, 2023TN00Yes
Jan 12, 2023GA01Yes
Aug 25, 2022MS00Yes
Feb 7, 2022AL01Yes
Jan 31, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2021TX01Yes
Mar 20, 2020TX00Yes
Oct 7, 2019TX02No
May 15, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 18, 2018GA00Yes