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Company CheckDENNIS AND JOSEPH DOWSON · DOT 773721

DBA: JDJ FARMS

13438 DOWSON RD, AUBURN, IL, 62615

DOT# 773721 MC# 346218 Auburn, Illinois 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

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Physical Address13438 DOWSON RD, AUBURN, IL, 62615

Mailing Address13438 DOWSON RD, AUBURN, IL, 62615

Other Companies at This Address

Address13438 DOWSON RD, AUBURN, IL 62615

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
DENNIS AND JOSEPH DOWSON this company	773721	Sign in	Active
JKD AG TRANSPORT LLC	4588363	Sign in	Active
DOWSON BROTHERS INC	3142601	Sign in	Inactive
RON TOM AND LARRY DOWSON	1808528	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC346218

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For HireExempt For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure .85 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage682,703 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/11/2012

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective10/05/2024

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA987489487

Last checked07/21/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet9 units

Drivers7

Mileage682,703 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/11/2012 | Rated: 12/24/2012

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

6 · 0 OOS -

2024

6 · 0 OOS =

2025

4 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through May 2026, 9 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
05/07/2024	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	0	1	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 9 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (18)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	HazMat
05/22/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-74	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	032 - LITCHFIELD - I-55 N/B	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	IL-104/I-55	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/14/2025	IL	Full (Level I)	I-270 W/B	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70 WB	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I70	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I55	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. LOUIS MO	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-64 WB MP 130	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2024	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 412/56TH ST	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/03/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/08/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-55	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 104	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	019 - SHELDON - US24 & US52	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/30/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	US RT 67	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2023	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	SCOOBA	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2023	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	021 - EAST MOLINE - I-80 W/B	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/23/2023	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLAY COUNTY	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections9

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
34	CARGO	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AB1779040	$0	12/21/2011	09/01/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AB1779040	$1,000,000	12/21/2011	10/05/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$750,000	10/20/1998	04/22/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$750,000	10/20/1998	04/26/2004	Name Changed
34	CARGO	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$0	10/20/1998	04/22/2004	Replaced
34	CARGO	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$0	10/20/1998	04/26/2004	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AB1779040	$750,000	10/05/2018	10/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$1,000,000	04/22/2004	12/21/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	COUNTRY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	AV1779040	$0	04/22/2004	12/21/2011	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC346218	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/22/1998	-	-
MC346218	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/24/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/28/2004

No revocation records.

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 88

−12

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Conditional safety rating−12

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

DENNIS AND JOSEPH DOWSON

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Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (18)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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