Carrier profile · USDOT 111917 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

REFRESHMENT SERVICES INC

DBA REFRESHMENT SERVICES PEPSI

64 power unitsavg 12.4 yrRegional · 4 statesSPRINGFIELD, IL93/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 47.9 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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 64-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: 64
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

19%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

57%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.50 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 26 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2019	3	1	2	3
2018	2	0	2	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 14, 2024	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2023	IL	0	1	Yes
Apr 7, 2023	MO	0	0	Yes
Nov 11, 2019	IL	0	2	Yes
Aug 7, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2019	IL	1	3	Yes
Oct 12, 2018	IL	0	1	Yes
May 4, 2018	IL	0	1	Yes
Mar 7, 2017	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 11, 2014	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2013	IL	0	0	Yes
May 31, 2011	IN	0	0	Yes
Mar 31, 2008	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2007	IL	0	0	Yes
Oct 1, 2003	IL	0	0	Yes