Carrier profile · USDOT 649380 · MC-624616 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

WILLIAM JERGENS LTD

DBA JOURNEY LTD

72 power unitsavg 6.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesVANDALIA, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-624616 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 23.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 4.1 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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 72-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
72
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254014
20241011
20223013
20182002
20161001
20151001
20141001
20131001
20121011
20111001
20101001
20071001
20061001
20021011
20011010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2026PA01Yes
Jan 23, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 4, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 24, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 20, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 10, 2025OH02Yes
Dec 9, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 5, 2022NY01Yes
Feb 25, 2022OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 23, 2018OH00Yes
Mar 7, 2018KY00Yes
Jan 20, 2016OH00Yes
Nov 24, 2015OH00Yes
Nov 5, 2014OH00Yes
Dec 12, 2013OH00Yes
Nov 28, 2012OH01Yes
Nov 18, 2011OH00Yes
Feb 16, 2010OH00Yes
Jul 12, 2007OH00Yes
Aug 4, 2006OH00Yes
May 31, 2002OH01Yes
Mar 26, 2001OH02No