Carrier profile · USDOT 206591 · MC-205582 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Mike Thornton Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 15.4 yrLocal · 2 statesWASHINGTON, GA80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-205582 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 9-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

37%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

12.75measure

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 12, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 43 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2019	2	1	1	2
2018	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2008	4	0	4	4
2005	2	1	0	2
2004	3	0	0	3
2002	2	0	1	1
2001	2	0	1	2
2000	4	0	3	2
1999	1	0	0	1
1998	5	0	3	4
1997	10	0	8	9
1996	3	0	2	3
1995	1	0	1	1
1994	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 10, 2022	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2019	GA	0	0	Yes
Sep 26, 2019	GA	1	1	Yes
Sep 21, 2018	GA	0	0	Yes
Nov 6, 2013	GA	0	2	Yes
Oct 29, 2008	GA	0	1	Yes
Aug 11, 2008	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 25, 2008	AL	0	3	Yes
Jan 21, 2008	KY	0	2	Yes
Nov 21, 2005	NC	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2005	GA	1	0	Yes
Dec 10, 2004	SC	0	0	Yes
Nov 23, 2004	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 13, 2004	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2002	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2002	GA	0	3	No
Sep 7, 2001	SC	0	0	Yes
Jun 7, 2001	SC	0	1	Yes
Nov 15, 2000	GA	0	4	Yes
Nov 1, 2000	GA	0	1	No
Sep 1, 2000	GA	0	2	No
Jan 24, 2000	SC	0	0	Yes
Dec 1, 1999	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 9, 1998	NC	0	0	Yes
Apr 23, 1998	GA	0	0	Yes