Carrier profile · USDOT 130271 · MC-155074 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

JOHNSON FEED INC

278 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 32 statesCANTON, SD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-155074 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjohnsonfeedinc.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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 181 vehicle and 514 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 10.2 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

492 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 29

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 278-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
278
Inspections · 24 mo
514
Annualized
≈257 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving194 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 28 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

47ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
10False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 203 total · 19 in 24 mo

203
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
62
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
2025111211
20249009
20236006
20225035
20215115
2020110211
2019140414
20185025
20177027
2016140614
20158018
2014100410
20132002
20123013
20113013
201010059
20099039
20084014
20074024
20065105
20059058
20043012
20034013
20028127
20015025
20001001
19994014
19981011
19974034
19963032
19953003
19942002
19933012
19921101
19911001
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 23, 2026SD00Yes
Mar 11, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 21, 2026SD01Yes
Jan 13, 2026MN01Yes
Dec 31, 2025SD00Yes
Dec 31, 2025NE00Yes
Dec 30, 2025SD00Yes
Dec 18, 2025SD00Yes
Oct 11, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 26, 2025IA01Yes
May 19, 2025NE00Yes
May 14, 2025OK10Yes
Mar 15, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 13, 2025KS00Yes
Jan 21, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 19, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 17, 2024MN00Yes
Aug 30, 2024MT00Yes
Jul 15, 2024ID00Yes
May 14, 2024WI00Yes
Feb 15, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 21, 2024OK00Yes
Jan 15, 2024SD00Yes
Jan 13, 2024IA00Yes