Carrier profile · USDOT 327030 · MC-228189 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

Rick's Towing & Recovery Service Inc

7 power unitsLocal · 1 statesLAFAYETTE, LA50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-228189 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 2

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 7-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

9.5measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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.

391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 7 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	2	1	0	2
2016	1	0	1	1
2015	2	0	0	2
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	3	0	2	2
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2005	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 6, 2026	LA	0	0	Yes
Sep 15, 2021	LA	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2018	LA	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2017	LA	1	0	Yes
May 16, 2017	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 31, 2016	LA	0	1	Yes
Oct 27, 2015	LA	0	0	Yes
Jun 5, 2015	LA	0	0	Yes
Jan 24, 2014	LA	0	0	Yes
Feb 25, 2013	LA	0	1	Yes
Oct 4, 2011	LA	0	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2010	LA	0	1	No
Jan 21, 2010	LA	0	1	Yes
Jan 4, 2010	LA	0	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2009	LA	0	0	Yes
May 17, 2007	LA	0	1	Yes
May 4, 2006	LA	0	1	Yes
Dec 16, 2005	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 14, 2005	LA	0	1	Yes