Carrier profile · USDOT 1860998 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JOHN DOWSON INC

DBA DOWSON FARMS

40 power unitsLocal · 1 statesDIVERNON, IL74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksdowsonfarms.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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 40-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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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.

  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232012
20221011
20212002
20201011
20193023
20182122
20161001
20152002
20141001
20132002
20111001
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 7, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 27, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 15, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 6, 2022IL01Yes
Oct 22, 2021IL00Yes
May 7, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 26, 2020IL01Yes
Dec 3, 2019IL01Yes
Nov 8, 2019IL01Yes
Oct 4, 2019IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2018IL01Yes
Jun 5, 2018IL11Yes
Sep 14, 2016IL00Yes
Jun 26, 2015IL00Yes
Apr 9, 2015IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2014IL00Yes
Oct 25, 2013IL00Yes
Sep 26, 2013IL00Yes
Aug 31, 2011IL00Yes
Sep 1, 2009IL01Yes