Carrier profile · USDOT 1047790 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Jones of Annapolis Inc

32 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 1 statesANNAPOLIS, MD100/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 8.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.1 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 32
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

27%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

30%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 54 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	3	0	1	3
2022	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2016	4	1	2	3
2014	1	0	1	0
2011	2	0	0	2
2010	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 28, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes
Jun 12, 2024	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 5, 2024	MD	0	0	Yes
Aug 23, 2022	MD	0	0	Yes
Nov 16, 2020	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 31, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 2018	MD	0	1	Yes
Oct 24, 2016	MD	1	0	Yes
Aug 20, 2016	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 25, 2016	MD	0	1	No
Feb 22, 2016	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 17, 2014	MD	0	1	No
May 26, 2011	MD	0	0	Yes
May 3, 2011	MD	0	0	Yes
Dec 15, 2010	MD	0	1	Yes
Aug 13, 2004	MD	0	1	Yes