Carrier profile · USDOT 736505 · MC-633675 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

R D Shaffer Trucking Inc

11 power unitsavg 12.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesQUINCY, IL70/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-633675 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 72.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.7 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
11
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
95%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
30%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
99%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

16ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
0False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20231011
20223023
20211001
20201001
20192011
20181011
20171011
20161001
20142012
20121011
20102012
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026IL00Yes
Jul 24, 2023MO01Yes
Nov 18, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 3, 2022IL01Yes
Feb 17, 2022IL01Yes
Dec 13, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 11, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 15, 2019IL00Yes
Apr 17, 2019OH01No
Dec 12, 2018IL01Yes
Jun 23, 2017IL01Yes
Jun 1, 2016IL00Yes
Jul 18, 2014IL02Yes
Jun 5, 2014IL00Yes
Apr 4, 2012IL02Yes
Dec 7, 2010IL01Yes
Sep 9, 2010IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2009IL00Yes