JOHNSTON TRUCKING INC

LANSING, MI

Brokers & shippers · booking check

Do not book — hard regulatory blocker

One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Do not book

Blockers

Census status: Inactive FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

On file

OOS rate better than size peers

Built for brokers and shippers deciding whether to tender. Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before booking — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

Plain-text risk summary (print / paste)

TruckCodex risk summary — JOHNSTON TRUCKING INC (USDOT 114378)
Verdict: DO NOT BOOK
Do not book — hard regulatory blocker
One or more hard blockers are on file. Do not tender until the issue is cured and confirmed on FMCSA.

Authority / census status: Inactive

Blockers:
  • Census status: Inactive — FMCSA census marks this USDOT as not actively authorized. Confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Cautions:
  (none)

On file:
  • OOS rate better than size peers

Source: https://truckcodex.com/usdot/114378/
As of: Sep 4, 2026
Always confirm on FMCSA SAFER and L&I before tendering — TruckCodex mirrors public filings and can lag by up to a day.

USDOT 114378 Inactive CORPORATION AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE Company officer: DOUGLAS JOHNSTON Company officer 2: JASON BATES U.S. Mail Based in LANSING, MI

FMCSA census as of Sep 4, 2026 · Sources · Freshness

TruckCodex · filing & peer scorecard

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard · B

Composite of 3/5 scored components (mean 77/100). Separate from booking triage on this page. Expand for per-signal evidence. Heuristic — not an FMCSA rating or legal advice.

B confidence 60% · 3/5 signals · expand

Authority / census

Inactive · 30/100

Census status is Inactive — confirm on SAFER before tendering.

Insurance / BIPD

Insurance/BIPD signal not resolved for this carrier.

NR reason: No active policies and no uninsured flag to score against.

OOS vs peers

Safer than peers · 100/100

Driver OOS 0% vs peer median 0% (neutral). Vehicle OOS 0% vs peer median 10% (better). n=93301 same-size ACTIVE peers.

FMCSA safety rating

Unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. We do not invent one.

NR reason: No published FMCSA safety_rating.

Insurance-watch tier

Not on watch · 100/100

No BMC-91 insurance-lapse watch classification on file for this USDOT.

TruckCodex filing & peer scorecard from authority, BIPD, peer OOS, FMCSA safety rating, and insurance-watch signals. Not a booking verdict and not legal advice. See methodology. Booking triage on this page: Do not book.

Recent changes

Field change history → Daily change log ↓

Status NOT_AUTH → INACTIVE · May 25, 2026 · FMCSA Company Census

Operating authority

No authority breakdown on file.

Insurance

No active policies on file.

BOC-3 agent

No BOC-3 filing on file.

Company profile

Company details

USDOT 114378

In FMCSA records since Jun 1, 1974 (~52y)

Entity CORPORATION

Company officer DOUGLAS JOHNSTON

Company officer 2 JASON BATES

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Cargo carried

U.S. Mail

Fleet size 11 units

Drivers 22

Annual mileage 1 mi

Contact & address

Phone: (517) 882-5274

Email: [email protected]

Physical

1708 E CAVANAUGH RD

LANSING, MI 48910

Mailing

P O BOX 26275

LANSING, MI 48909

Registration & safety rating

USDOT 114378

In FMCSA records since Jun 1, 1974 (~52y)

Entity CORPORATION

Operation AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE;EXEMPT FOR HIRE

Annual mileage (MCS-150) 1 mi

FMCSA cargo filing (BMC-34/83)

No active FMCSA cargo filing on file.

FMCSA L&I filing evidence — not a shipper certificate of insurance (COI). Cargo (BMC-34) is primarily an HHG / household-goods requirement; general freight carriers often have none.

Broker bond / trust (BMC-84/85)

No active broker surety bond or trust fund on file.

BMC-84 is a surety bond; BMC-85 is a trust-fund agreement. Required for property brokers / freight forwarders — not motor-carrier BIPD liability insurance.

Fleet details (MCS-150)

Vehicle type	Owned	Term leased	Trip leased
Truck tractors	4	0	0
Trailers	5	0	0
Trucks	7	0	0

Self-reported on the carrier’s Form MCS-150 (FMCSA Company Census).

Accident reports (24 months)

All 16 crashes →

	12–24 months	Total
Fatalities	0	0
Injuries	0	0
Tow-away	1	1
Crash reports	1	1

Reportable crashes from FMCSA MCMIS for the trailing 24 months. Counts may differ slightly from SAFER due to reporting lag.

Power Units

Drivers

Inspections

None in our FMCSA import window (~3 years)

OOS Rate (peak)

—

Crashes (24m)

16 all-time

Authorities

Carrier analysis & narrative context Status notes, risk intelligence, and safety profiles

Carrier is unrated

FMCSA has not assigned this carrier a formal safety rating. Use the inspection history and BASIC scores below to assess on-road performance.

Risk intelligence

1 reportable crash occurred in the same 24-month window.

Fleet profile

The fleet comprises 11 power units (mid-sized fleet); 22 drivers.

Out-of-Service rate vs same-size peers FMCSA roadside inspections, % placed out-of-service

Compared against 93,301 ACTIVE carriers operating 5–17 power units (±50% of this carrier's 11 unit fleet).

This carrier — Driver OOS

Drivers placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

Median across 93,301 same-size peers

Verdict

On par with peers

Delta 0 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

This carrier — Vehicle OOS

Vehicles placed out-of-service at roadside inspections

Peer median

10%

Median across 93,301 same-size peers

Verdict

Safer than peers

Delta -10 pts vs peer median (lower is safer)

Fleet History

Field change history →

Sourced from FMCSA daily imports; field-level change log. 1 tracked change on record. · 1 status change

Record Changes

May 25, 2026 As-of snapshot →
- Status NOT_AUTH INACTIVE
  FMCSA Company Census

Recent Inspections

No roadside inspections on file for this carrier in our FMCSA import window.

Public FMCSA inspection feeds cover roughly the last three years of roadside activity (not the full MCMIS archive). Older inspections — including those from before a carrier went inactive — are usually absent for every carrier, not just closed ones. Reportable crash history on this page goes further back; see crashes below or the full crash subpage.

Recent Crashes (16 rows)

Report #	Date ▼	State	Injuries	Tow	Hazmat	Severity
MI0003414416	Jan 24, 2025	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0003094549	Jan 12, 2024	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0002796522	Jan 24, 2023	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0002778061	Dec 23, 2022	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0002774298	Dec 23, 2022	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0002724586	Nov 9, 2022	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0001912315	Dec 31, 2019	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0001580780	Dec 17, 2018	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0001324038	Mar 10, 2018	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0009957699	Feb 14, 2017	MI	1	Yes	No	Injury
MI0009794680	Sep 12, 2016	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI0004762376	Apr 4, 2003	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI006021007A	Dec 28, 1996	MI	0	Yes	No	Tow
MI000387526A	Jun 6, 1995	MI	1	No	No	Injury
MI001285055A	Jul 29, 1993	MI	1	No	No	Injury
MI001402295A	Jan 20, 1993	MI	0	No	Yes	—

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Field change history

Field change history
History-watch change dates and as-of snapshots