Carrier profile · USDOT 965476 · MC-411708 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

JR Kays Trucking Inc

DBA J R KAYS TRUCKING

43 power unitsavg 7.6 yrRegional · 7 statesCLARENDON, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-411708 ACTIVE
Verified linksjrkaystrucking.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 3.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 3.1 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

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 43-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD 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· 30 total · 5 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261101
20253013
20242012
20232112
20223013
20202002
20192012
20171001
20161001
20141001
20134014
20123013
20112011
20092002
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026NC10Yes
Oct 28, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 10, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 30, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 17, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2024PA01Yes
Dec 5, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2023PA11Yes
Sep 20, 2022PA01Yes
Feb 16, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 4, 2022NJ00Yes
Jun 17, 2020PA00Yes
Feb 13, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 18, 2019NY00Yes
Jan 21, 2019NY01Yes
Aug 26, 2017NY00Yes
Jul 20, 2016NY00Yes
Sep 10, 2014PA00Yes
Oct 4, 2013PA00Yes
Apr 26, 2013PA00Yes
Mar 8, 2013NC00Yes
Jan 29, 2013PA01Yes
May 7, 2012NY00Yes
May 4, 2012PA01Yes
Jan 5, 2012NY00Yes