Carrier profile · USDOT 182413 · MC-147154 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Justus Truck Lines Inc

36 power unitsavg 6.8 yrMulti-region · 15 statesHENDERSONVILLE, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147154 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjustustrucklines.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 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 49 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 5.0 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 61 total · 4 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253032
20245024
20231001
20221001
20211001
20204034
20187007
20174014
20164004
20152012
20132011
20111011
20104022
20092012
20082002
20072012
20062011
20052002
20042002
20034023
20021011
20001011
19981011
19931001
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 6, 2025KY01No
Jun 3, 2025VA01Yes
Mar 30, 2025NC01Yes
Jul 25, 2024NJ01No
Jul 18, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 30, 2024NC01Yes
Mar 14, 2024NJ00Yes
Feb 11, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 15, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2022MD00Yes
May 6, 2021NJ00Yes
Nov 13, 2020DC00Yes
Nov 11, 2020NJ01Yes
Jul 24, 2020GA05Yes
Jan 25, 2020MD01Yes
Dec 11, 2018VA00Yes
Nov 7, 2018SC00Yes
Sep 20, 2018FL00Yes
Aug 18, 2018VA00Yes
Jul 10, 2018KY00Yes
May 4, 2018NJ00Yes
Mar 21, 2018PA00Yes
Oct 12, 2017NJ00Yes
Jun 20, 2017PA00Yes