Carrier profile · USDOT 1333791 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Richelieu America Ltd

139 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 27 statesMOUNT CLEMONS, MI94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksrichelieu.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 13.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 186 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 6.2 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

182 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 11

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 139-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
139
Inspections · 24 mo
186
Annualized
≈93 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20244014
20231001
20221001
20212012
20201001
20191001
20181011
20162011
20151001
20141001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 16, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 18, 2024MN00Yes
Aug 20, 2024PA00Yes
May 29, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2024FL01Yes
Sep 21, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 15, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 6, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 23, 2021NJ01Yes
Jul 28, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 17, 2019NC00Yes
Jul 17, 2018NY01Yes
Nov 22, 2016NJ00Yes
May 24, 2016MI01No
Mar 12, 2015IN00Yes
May 8, 2014FL00Yes
Sep 27, 2013NY01Yes