Carrier profile · USDOT 2205213 · MC-765201 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

JMS TRANSPORT LLC

61 power unitsavg 7.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesEL DORADO, AR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-765201 ACTIVE
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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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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 10.0 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

101 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 9

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
103
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Maintenance39 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 4 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20247027
20221011
20213012
20206026
20192022
20183113
20174034
20161011
20151001
20142002
20134104
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 11, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 18, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 3, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 26, 2024AR00Yes
Apr 17, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 26, 2024MS01Yes
Mar 13, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 8, 2024LA00Yes
Sep 15, 2022LA01Yes
Jun 15, 2021AR00Yes
Jun 15, 2021TX01No
Jun 2, 2021AL00Yes
Dec 16, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 22, 2020TX00Yes
May 20, 2020MS00Yes
May 12, 2020AR00Yes
Apr 25, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2020TX01Yes
Jul 9, 2019TX03Yes
Feb 6, 2019TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2018MO00Yes
Mar 13, 2018LA01Yes
Jan 17, 2018AR10Yes
Nov 20, 2017LA02Yes