Carrier profile · USDOT 2098360 · MC-731948 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

JF FREIGHT EXPRESS INC

90 power unitsavg 5.3 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMARKHAM, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-731948 ACTIVE
Verified linksjffreight.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 14.3%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 — 35 vehicle and 67 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.9 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 90-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
67
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving48 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20252112
20233013
20225025
20215015
20204004
20141001
20131001
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 20, 2026CA01No
Feb 18, 2026IN00Yes
Aug 3, 2025IA06Yes
Jan 14, 2025IN10Yes
Nov 21, 2023NE01Yes
Jul 13, 2023MO00Yes
Feb 22, 2023UT00Yes
Nov 30, 2022WY00Yes
Jun 18, 2022NC01Yes
May 14, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 3, 2022IL01Yes
Dec 22, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 26, 2021OK00Yes
Aug 31, 2021OH01Yes
Jun 18, 2021NE00Yes
Apr 16, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 17, 2020CA00Yes
Jul 21, 2020IL00Yes
Apr 24, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2020OK00Yes
Mar 31, 2014CA00Yes
Dec 10, 2013KY00Yes
Sep 16, 2011MO01Yes