Carrier profile · USDOT 255968 · MC-181556 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

R & J Trucking Inc

511 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 20 statesYOUNGSTOWN, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181556 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksrjtrucking.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 18.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 156 vehicle and 354 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.4% · 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 1.8 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

343 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 25

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 511-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
511
Inspections · 24 mo
354
Annualized
≈177 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving221 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 29 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 497 total · 20 in 24 mo

497
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
18
Fatal
233
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267036
2025100210
2024120510
2023161715
2022101310
2021150614
20208228
201910019
2018131413
2017200620
2016160216
2015160615
2014181518
20138047
2012142813
20112811324
2010231921
2009130512
2008130412
2007191914
20061901013
2005230817
2004140511
20031811313
20022802111
2001170158
20001901416
199914296
199813199
199714099
1996112510
19956036
19945134
19935032
19922021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026OH01No
May 28, 2026OH00Yes
May 19, 2026OH02Yes
May 1, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 24, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 14, 2026OH01Yes
Oct 16, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 30, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 30, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 19, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 16, 2025OH01Yes
Jul 14, 2025PA02Yes
May 20, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 3, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 29, 2024OH01Yes
Nov 14, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 30, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 3, 2024OH00Yes
May 21, 2024OH04Yes
May 20, 2024OH01Yes
May 8, 2024KY01No