RICH THOMPSON TRUCKING INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 50
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving12
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2
- 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 10/16/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 53 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2025 | CO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 10/23/2024 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/02/2024 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 08/07/2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/01/2022 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/29/2022 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/08/2021 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/03/2021 | CO | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/03/2020 | CO | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/28/2019 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/11/2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/11/2019 | ID | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 07/08/2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/30/2019 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/28/2017 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/22/2016 | CA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| 04/30/2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| 04/24/2016 | WY | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/24/2015 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/17/2014 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/05/2014 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/01/2013 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/23/2013 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/25/2013 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/04/2012 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |