Carrier profile · USDOT 257527 · MC-183176 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RESPONSIVE TRUCKING INC

10 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 5 statesAGAWAM, MA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-183176 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 14.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
8 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 399.211 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 65 total · 3 in 24 mo

65
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20231011
20192012
20171011
20161001
20151001
20142002
20131001
20124004
20114023
20091011
20082002
20072002
20064004
2005110210
20043003
20032021
20023023
20016036
20002012
19992021
19984033
19961001
19941001
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 6, 2025MA00Yes
Apr 9, 2025CT00Yes
Jan 20, 2025MA00Yes
Nov 27, 2023MA01Yes
Oct 15, 2019MA01Yes
May 24, 2019CT00Yes
Apr 17, 2017NJ01Yes
Apr 4, 2016VT00Yes
May 18, 2015NY00Yes
Oct 13, 2014NY00Yes
Jul 7, 2014MA00Yes
Jul 23, 2013MA00Yes
Dec 14, 2012MA00Yes
Sep 25, 2012CT00Yes
Feb 20, 2012MA00Yes
Feb 13, 2012MA00Yes
Dec 15, 2011NY01No
Sep 23, 2011CT00Yes
Feb 25, 2011VT02Yes
Feb 11, 2011MA00Yes
Oct 29, 2009NY02Yes
Aug 26, 2008CT00Yes
Mar 31, 2008PA00Yes
Oct 10, 2007NJ00Yes
Sep 17, 2007CT00Yes