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J & A EXPRESS INC

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Company CheckJ & A EXPRESS INC · DOT 1400701

DBA: J & A EXPRESS

39408 STATE HWY 238, ALBANY, MN, 56307

DOT# 1400701 MC# 652983 Albany, Minnesota 18 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Mar 17, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Mar 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 26, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 26, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address39408 STATE HWY 238, ALBANY, MN, 56307

Mailing Address39408 STATE HWY 238, ALBANY, MN, 56307

Other Companies at This Address

Address39408 STATE HWY 238, ALBANY, MN 56307

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Distinct phones

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
J & A EXPRESS INC this company	1400701	Sign in	Active
TOWER LOGISTICS LLC	2249835	Sign in	Active
GOOSE RIVER TRANSPORT LLC	2197683	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC652983

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating18 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 2.67 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage215,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective05/17/2018

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #MCP13426A

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage215,000 mi

Operating18 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total14

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 0 OOS =

2025

7 · 0 OOS =

2026

3 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Mar 2026, 12 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
11/26/2025	0083	ND	0	0	1	1	Clear	Wet	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

10 roadside violations across 12 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 8 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (22)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
03/17/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SISSETON SD	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	IL-84 TO I-80 ON-RAMP	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	OLIVIA MN	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/26/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WILTON ND	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	WA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	THREE FORKS MT	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/15/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW RICHLAND MN	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON US HWY 26, 294 FEET WEST OF	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/02/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	ELK POINT SD	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 35 NB	2	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	BENSON MN	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WORTHINGTON MN	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/29/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEMMON SD	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/09/2024	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	MENOKEN ND	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WIBAUX MT	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIBERTY LAKE WA	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2024	ND	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORETON ND	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/20/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	ABERDEEN SD	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	FREDERICK SD	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections14

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	10/17/2014	03/20/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	10/17/2014	04/14/2015	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	09/22/2015	01/19/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	09/22/2015	02/27/2017	Name Changed
34	CARGO	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3C7 04 17	$0	07/21/2008	03/03/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	3E70417	$1,000,000	06/30/2008	03/03/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	03/20/2015	10/26/2015	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	03/20/2015	09/22/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76572A	$1,000,000	03/04/2010	01/20/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76572A	$0	03/04/2010	01/20/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76572A	$0	03/03/2010	03/04/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76572A	$1,000,000	03/03/2010	03/04/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	02/09/2017	06/25/2018	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	02/09/2017	05/17/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP92191A	$1,000,000	02/03/2012	08/13/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	01/19/2017	03/20/2017	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	MCP13426A	$1,000,000	01/19/2017	02/09/2017	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC652983	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	10/20/2014	-	-
MC652983	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/23/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/23/2015
MC652983	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/12/2008	REVOKED	01/31/2011
MC652983	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/21/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/18/2018
MC652983	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/12/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/23/2015
MC652983	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/13/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/10/2017
MC652983	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/08/2012	REVOKED	08/19/2014
MC652983	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/20/2017

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94/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−6

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−6 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (22)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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