Carrier profile · USDOT 598595 · MC-288696 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JOHN A WOOTEN

DBA WOOTEN & SONS TRUCKING

18 power unitsLocal · 2 statesVERSAILLES, OH88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-288696 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 18-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 7
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

6measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	3	0	2	3
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2012	1	1	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 7, 2025	OH	0	1	Yes
Oct 5, 2021	OH	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2020	OH	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
Jan 12, 2018	OH	0	0	Yes
Nov 13, 2017	OH	0	1	Yes
Oct 3, 2017	OH	0	1	Yes
Jan 6, 2017	OH	0	0	Yes
Sep 7, 2016	OH	0	1	Yes
Feb 18, 2015	OH	0	1	Yes
Jan 10, 2012	OH	1	1	Yes
Feb 22, 2011	OH	0	0	Yes
Jan 23, 2003	MI	0	2	No