Ottery Transportation Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 78
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 55
- Annualized
- ≈28 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 172.328 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 177.823 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 75 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2026 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2025 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2023 | TX | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2021 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2020 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2020 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2019 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2018 | KS | 1 | 1 | Yes |