Carrier profile · USDOT 2409347 · MC-829072 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ohio Transit Company Inc

DBA OTC

79 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 22 statesCOLUMBUS, OH80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-829072 ACTIVE
Verified linksohiotransitcompany.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 41.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 110 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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

106 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 10

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 79-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
110
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 17 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 6 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252022
20246016
20234014
20226016
20216026
20205015
20193013
20182012
20171001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026NJ01Yes
Mar 2, 2026IL02Yes
Sep 13, 2025WV01Yes
Jul 12, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 7, 2024MD00Yes
Aug 25, 2024IN00Yes
May 3, 2024MN01Yes
Mar 12, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 11, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 6, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 31, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 8, 2023AR00Yes
Apr 19, 2023OH01Yes
Jan 2, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 22, 2022IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 5, 2022PA00Yes
Jul 15, 2022MA01Yes
Jun 27, 2022OH00Yes
Apr 11, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 12, 2021WV01Yes
Jun 21, 2021TN01Yes
Mar 5, 2021GA00Yes
Feb 15, 2021KY00Yes
Jan 31, 2021IN00Yes