Carrier profile · USDOT 1210444 · MC-481317 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Johnston Trucking LLC

195 power unitsavg 5.1 yrRegional · 5 statesBRUNDIDGE, AL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-481317 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksjohnstontrucking.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 12.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 145 vehicle and 474 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.7% · 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 2.6 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

461 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 41

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 195-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
195
Inspections · 24 mo
474
Annualized
≈237 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving122 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 91 total · 15 in 24 mo

91
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
39
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20258058
2024110411
20239148
20226036
2021110411
20204014
2019100610
20185034
20174023
20164014
20152012
20143023
20131001
20123013
20112002
20101010
20041101
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026FL00Yes
May 8, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 26, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 22, 2026AL02Yes
Dec 2, 2025AL02Yes
Dec 1, 2025AL01Yes
Oct 8, 2025FL02Yes
Sep 30, 2025AL01Yes
Aug 28, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 25, 2025AL00Yes
May 2, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 16, 2025FL01Yes
Dec 11, 2024AL01Yes
Aug 29, 2024AL00Yes
Jul 30, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 28, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 14, 2024AL01Yes
Jun 5, 2024FL02Yes
May 21, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 25, 2024FL03Yes
Apr 11, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 8, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 22, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 29, 2023AL01Yes