Carrier profile · USDOT 108483 · MC-107138 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Jernigan Oil Transport Inc

56 power unitsavg 4.6 yrRegional · 3 statesAHOSKIE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-107138 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksjerniganoil.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 4.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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

121 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 56-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
56
Inspections · 24 mo
127
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 173.24 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 19, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 3 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20234104
20212022
20201011
20172022
20165223
20132002
20101010
20091011
20081001
20072021
20061011
20031001
20021001
19981111
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 5, 2026NC00Yes
Oct 31, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 23, 2025NC01Yes
Dec 21, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 7, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 19, 2023NC10Yes
Aug 4, 2023NC00Yes
Apr 6, 2021NC01Yes
Feb 21, 2021NC03Yes
Feb 19, 2020VA01Yes
Oct 23, 2017VA01Yes
Aug 12, 2017NC01Yes
Sep 21, 2016NC01Yes
Aug 30, 2016NC01Yes
Jul 19, 2016NC00Yes
Jun 27, 2016NC10No
Jun 27, 2016NC10No
Oct 31, 2013VA00Yes
Aug 8, 2013NC00Yes
Jun 7, 2010NC01No
Mar 11, 2009NC01Yes
Jan 4, 2008VA00Yes
Jul 2, 2007VA01No
Jun 28, 2007NC02Yes
Feb 23, 2006NC01Yes