Carrier profile · USDOT 264186 · MC-119591 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R & J Cartage Inc

22 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 5 statesPORTER, IN76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-119591 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 35.7%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 — 14 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 15.5 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 4

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 177.801 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 26 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 29 total · 4 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20251011
20242012
20221011
20202012
20182012
20172022
20144034
20133013
20121001
20112011
20101011
20081001
20061011
20051001
20022002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026IN04Yes
Jun 11, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 14, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 22, 2025IL02Yes
Jun 7, 2024IL05Yes
May 17, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 5, 2022IL02Yes
Nov 17, 2020IN00Yes
Oct 28, 2020IN01Yes
Jun 26, 2018IN01Yes
Jan 7, 2018IL00Yes
Oct 3, 2017IL01Yes
Sep 28, 2017IN01Yes
Sep 10, 2014IL00Yes
Aug 24, 2014IL01Yes
Jul 11, 2014IN01Yes
Apr 18, 2014IL01Yes
Dec 14, 2013IL00Yes
Nov 14, 2013IN01Yes
May 17, 2013IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2012IN00Yes
Aug 31, 2011IL03No
Aug 23, 2011IN00Yes
Nov 18, 2010IN01Yes
Oct 1, 2008IN00Yes