Rich's Towing & Service Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 49
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 27 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 29 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2022 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2021 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2015 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 19, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2015 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2014 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2013 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2012 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2012 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2012 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2010 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2010 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 16, 2007 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2006 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 11, 2005 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2003 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |