Carrier profile · USDOT 205056 · MC-159075 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Jones Brothers Trucking Inc

DBA JONES BROS TRUCKING

63 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 32 statesMISSOULA, MT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-159075 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 12.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 92 vehicle and 175 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 7.9 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

166 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 15

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 63-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
63
Inspections · 24 mo
175
Annualized
88 / yr
Coverage
1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 80 total · 5 in 24 mo

80
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20244034
20232002
20221001
20211011
20207016
20193003
20181001
20163013
20154014
20143012
20134014
20121001
20111001
20101001
20092012
20072012
20062002
20053013
20041001
20034014
20021001
20013133
20001001
19971011
19962012
19951111
19946066
19933022
19925035
19911000
19903021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 27, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 18, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 27, 2024IN01Yes
Nov 16, 2024MT01Yes
Aug 12, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 7, 2024UT02Yes
Dec 14, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 6, 2023KS00Yes
Sep 24, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 4, 2021MN01Yes
Dec 9, 2020MT00Yes
Dec 2, 2020NC00Yes
Sep 24, 2020WY00Yes
May 19, 2020ID00Yes
Apr 7, 2020PA00Yes
Mar 16, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 27, 2020MO01No
Mar 11, 2019KY00Yes
Feb 10, 2019IN00Yes
Jan 28, 2019WA00Yes
Sep 11, 2018WA00Yes
Dec 20, 2016MT00Yes
Nov 4, 2016LA01Yes
Mar 8, 2016WY00Yes