Carrier profile · USDOT 952841 · MC-646939 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JLA EXPRESS LLC

9 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 5 statesST JAMES, MN93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-646939 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 25.0 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 3

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 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

10%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

69%

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD 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· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	2	1	0	2
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 29, 2021	NE	0	1	Yes
Sep 1, 2020	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 15, 2018	MN	1	0	Yes
Feb 1, 2018	MN	0	0	Yes
Dec 30, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 13, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2016	IA	0	0	Yes
Jan 20, 2012	IA	0	0	Yes
Jun 30, 2011	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 2010	MN	0	1	Yes
Jun 1, 2006	MN	0	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2005	MN	0	1	Yes