Carrier profile · USDOT 479357 · MC-206307 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Richards Transportation Service Inc

0 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMOORHEAD, MN74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-206307 ACTIVERATED 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 40.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 6.7 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 5

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

official FMCSA

Driver Fitness

0violations

official FMCSA

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

29%

Vehicle Maintenance

official FMCSA

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.

393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 14 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2008	1	1	1	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2005	2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 18, 2026	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 12, 2023	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2022	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 8, 2021	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 16, 2018	ND	0	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2016	MN	0	1	Yes
May 5, 2015	MN	0	2	Yes
Apr 29, 2014	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2008	MN	1	49	Yes
May 15, 2007	MN	0	0	Yes
Nov 11, 2005	MN	0	0	Yes
Nov 11, 2005	MN	0	0	Yes