Carrier profile · USDOT 74288 · MC-195830 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Richard Carrier Trucking Inc

53 power unitsavg 8.5 yrRegional · 6 statesSKOWHEGAN, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195830 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscarriertrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

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 12.1%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 — 33 vehicle and 64 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 6.4 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 9

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 53-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
64
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 145 total · 1 in 24 mo

145
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20233013
20225025
20215045
20202002
20197047
20182012
20179039
20164114
20156036
20145025
20134014
20122002
20113013
20094014
20083013
20077026
20065025
20057056
20046035
20036045
20026026
20011011
20005044
19995135
19987056
19975134
19962020
19955041
19942012
19933011
19922000
19914023
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 29, 2025ME00Yes
Jan 15, 2024MA01Yes
Dec 11, 2023MA00Yes
Oct 23, 2023MA01Yes
Aug 11, 2023MA00Yes
Nov 1, 2022ME01Yes
May 18, 2022ME00Yes
Feb 3, 2022ME00Yes
Feb 1, 2022ME02Yes
Jan 12, 2022ME00Yes
Dec 9, 2021MA01Yes
Oct 25, 2021MA01Yes
Apr 19, 2021ME02Yes
Mar 25, 2021MA01Yes
Jan 28, 2021MA00Yes
Oct 19, 2020NH00Yes
Jan 20, 2020ME00Yes
Dec 19, 2019MA00Yes
Sep 4, 2019ME02Yes
Aug 20, 2019NJ01Yes
Aug 15, 2019NH02Yes
Jun 3, 2019PA00Yes
May 7, 2019ME00Yes
Feb 11, 2019ME05Yes
Oct 26, 2018ME00Yes