JONES EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 51
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 78
- Annualized
- ≈39 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 16 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 130 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2023 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2021 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2020 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2020 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2019 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2018 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2018 | FL | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2018 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2017 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |