Carrier profile · USDOT 384170 · MC-58561 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ohio Transport Corporation

DBA OHIO TRANSPORT

168 power unitsavg 10.4 yrNational · 34 statesMIDDLETOWN, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-58561 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksohiotransport.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 40.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 189 vehicle and 307 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.7% · 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 5.8 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

300 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 23

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 168-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
168
Inspections · 24 mo
307
Annualized
≈154 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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 Driving104 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance54 · 44 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance39 · 27 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
26False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 233 total · 14 in 24 mo

233
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
106
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
20257027
20247026
20235025
20223013
20218028
20207035
2019100310
20187036
20173003
20166046
20153023
20148038
20139168
20127036
20118058
20106146
20099068
20088038
2007140611
2006120311
20054114
20045135
2003170815
20029047
20015024
20008066
199911078
19986025
19978027
19964034
19951010
19943123
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026UT00Yes
Jul 1, 2026KY01No
May 6, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 20, 2026KY01Yes
Dec 19, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 21, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 18, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025GA01Yes
Mar 7, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 27, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 18, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 30, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 14, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 10, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 25, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 1, 2024CT01No
Jun 14, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 15, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 6, 2023KY01Yes
Jun 21, 2023TX01Yes
Jun 6, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 6, 2023AL00Yes
Jan 26, 2023OH00Yes
Aug 26, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 3, 2022SC03Yes