Carrier profile · USDOT 274505 · MC-199167 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Richers Trucking Inc

23 power unitsavg 3.7 yrMulti-region · 15 statesWEVER, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-199167 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 52 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 18.2 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 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.

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
52
Annualized
26 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
12%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 62 total · 4 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254114
20241001
20231001
20222002
20212012
20192002
20182012
20171001
20165124
20151001
20141011
20132011
20122022
20112022
20101001
20083013
20063032
20044014
20032012
20022012
20004033
19992012
19973033
19964144
19951001
19941011
19932012
19921000
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2025TX420Yes
May 28, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 30, 2025OK00Yes
Feb 27, 2025TX00Yes
May 29, 2024MO00Yes
May 12, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 12, 2022WV00Yes
Jan 30, 2022OK00Yes
Dec 26, 2021NM01Yes
Apr 22, 2021MO00Yes
Jul 7, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2019GA00Yes
Nov 18, 2018OK01Yes
May 26, 2018AZ00Yes
Nov 3, 2017IA00Yes
Sep 1, 2016FL00Yes
Jul 16, 2016MO00Yes
Jul 11, 2016WY11Yes
Jul 2, 2016MO01No
May 17, 2016MO00Yes
Jun 16, 2015TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2014OR01Yes
Jun 3, 2013IA00Yes
Feb 8, 2013TX01No
Oct 18, 2012IA01Yes