Carrier profile · USDOT 1198869 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

James V Richmond

DBA VIC RICHMOND FARMS

37 power unitsavg 17.9 yrRegional · 3 statesPOPLAR GROVE, AR62/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksFMCSA 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 38.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 57.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 32.1 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 9

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 37-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
91%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0measure
SMS · per-BASIC
90%
Vehicle Maintenance
Alert

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 27, 2025. 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· 10 total · 5 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253012
20241011
20221011
20172002
20151011
20141101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 1, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 5, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 28, 2025TX01No
Sep 1, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 25, 2022TN02Yes
Jan 18, 2017OK00Yes
Jan 18, 2017OK00Yes
Jul 26, 2015TX02Yes
Nov 30, 2014TX10Yes