Carrier profile · USDOT 1463884 · MC-553019 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Josh Roberts Trucking Inc

38 power unitsavg 9.9 yrNational · 16 statesROME, GA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-553019 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjoshrobertstrucking.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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 69 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 14.7 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

68 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 7

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 58 total · 1 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20245015
20232012
20224014
20216126
20202012
20195015
20184014
20176145
20164004
20156006
20143013
20133003
20121001
20112112
20102002
20091001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 18, 2024VA00Yes
May 5, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 25, 2024LA00Yes
Jan 18, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024TN01Yes
Aug 9, 2023AL01Yes
Mar 29, 2023VA00Yes
Jul 6, 2022GA00Yes
Apr 25, 2022GA01Yes
Mar 7, 2022GA00Yes
Jan 7, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 15, 2021WI00Yes
Dec 9, 2021GA16Yes
Sep 22, 2021KY01Yes
May 4, 2021GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 6, 2021GA00Yes
May 26, 2020GA00Yes
Jan 23, 2020GA01Yes
Dec 23, 2019GA00Yes
Sep 20, 2019AL00Yes
Apr 18, 2019MS00Yes
Jan 3, 2019GA01Yes
Jan 3, 2019WA00Yes