JCA TRANSPORT OF AMERICA LLC

DOT# 3900121 MC# 1436537 Lawrence, KS Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(785) 435-8704 dispatch@jcatoa.com 1454 N 971 Rd, Lawrence KS 66046
9 tractors · all owned 9 drivers 879k mi/yr · ~98k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 40.3 / 100
Low confidence
4 yrs history · 14 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
9
Drivers · CDL
9 · 9
Annual miles
879k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 9 0 0 9
Trailers 5 0 0 5

Registration

Registered
06-13-2022 (4 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-16-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHAD GREESON

Cargo

75.3
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.5× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.31×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.74× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.54×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Jan 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
14
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
14.3%
1 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 14
National avg 6.7%
Violations
13
1 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Kansas (about 10 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 4,749 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.111 0.038
Inspections 1.00 1.38
Violations 0.72 1.31
Critical violations 0.17 0.27

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

13 violations · 24 months
  • Hours of service No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Over hours limit 3 · Logbook / ELD paperwork 2 · No log 2
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
2 crashes
  • May
    11
    2026
    Nebraska
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    30
    2026
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, one-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Jan 24, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 2022
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY → UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Jan 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jul 1, 2022)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Missouri 7
  • Iowa 1
  • Illinois 1
  • Indiana 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Mississippi 1
  • South Dakota 1
  • Washington 1