Carrier profile · USDOT 523692 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J J Mcdonnell & Company Inc

29 power unitsavg 3 yrRegional · 6 statesELKRIDGE, MD100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksjjmcdonnell.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 1.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 8, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 0 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232012
20221011
20201001
20192002
20181010
20171001
20161001
20151001
20121001
20111011
20102022
20091011
19982011
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 17, 2023VA01Yes
May 17, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 14, 2022MD04Yes
Dec 16, 2020MD00Yes
Oct 9, 2019MD00Yes
Apr 27, 2019PA00Yes
Nov 29, 2018PA01No
Aug 23, 2017MD00Yes
Oct 7, 2016MD00Yes
Mar 6, 2015MD00Yes
Aug 1, 2012MD00Yes
Aug 24, 2011MD03Yes
May 29, 2010MD01Yes
Apr 2, 2010MD01Yes
Jul 24, 2009MD02Yes
Dec 19, 1998MD01No
Aug 15, 1998MD00Yes
Jan 4, 1997MD00Yes