Carrier profile · USDOT 752340 · MC-218166 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Jones Transportation Inc

162 power unitsavg 9.1 yrNational · 20 statesCARROLLTON, GA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-218166 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjonestrans.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 34.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 204 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 14.4 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

192 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 12

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 162-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
162
Inspections · 24 mo
204
Annualized
≈102 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving97 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 150 total · 10 in 24 mo

150
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
55
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254024
20246026
20237017
20228047
20217017
20206006
20198028
20181011
20178118
2016123512
20157017
20144024
20133013
20126025
20112002
20108027
20099059
20085005
20072012
20065024
20055045
20046046
20034044
20028048
20012012
19994123
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 3, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 10, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 15, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 11, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 5, 2025GA01Yes
Dec 4, 2024TN01Yes
Nov 6, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 27, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 20, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 9, 2024TN01Yes
Mar 9, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 28, 2023SC02Yes
Nov 2, 2023GA00Yes
Nov 1, 2023GA00Yes
Oct 23, 2023LA00Yes
Oct 18, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 8, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 14, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 16, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 29, 2022AL00Yes
May 31, 2022IN02Yes
Apr 11, 2022GA01Yes
Apr 7, 2022TX00Yes