Carrier profile · USDOT 1053361 · MC-439559 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Richard Edens Trucking LLC

13 power unitsavg 14.9 yrMulti-region · 13 statesSTARK CITY, MO50/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-439559 NO AUTHORITYRATED 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 53.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 11.8 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 32
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

34%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

64%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

36%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

74%

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

3ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

1False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	3	0	2	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	2	0	1	1
2018	2	0	1	2
2017	1	1	1	1
2016	2	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	0
2012	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 28, 2025	NC	0	1	Yes
Aug 6, 2024	MS	0	1	No
Aug 6, 2024	MS	0	1	No
May 13, 2024	MO	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 2023	NC	0	0	Yes
Nov 16, 2021	AL	0	2	No
Jun 28, 2021	FL	0	0	Yes
Jun 28, 2018	OK	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2018	GA	0	1	Yes
Oct 17, 2017	TN	1	1	Yes
Oct 10, 2016	MO	0	1	No
Oct 4, 2016	MO	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2015	FL	0	2	No
Nov 13, 2012	VA	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2006	OK	0	1	Yes
May 26, 2005	MO	0	0	Yes