Carrier profile · USDOT 2536020 · MC-881854 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rickman Transport Inc

70 power unitsavg 8 yrRegional · 3 statesWEATHERFORD, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-881854 ACTIVE
Verified linksrickmantransport.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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 113 vehicle and 120 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 3.5 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 16

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
88%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance69 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

1ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 40 total · 11 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255045
20246026
20236116
20223013
20214024
20204113
20195044
20181001
20173023
20151010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 29, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 31, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 14, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX04Yes
Feb 16, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 21, 2024TX02Yes
Sep 21, 2024NM00Yes
Sep 4, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 1, 2024NM00Yes
Apr 23, 2024NM00Yes
Apr 14, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 27, 2023TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2023NM10Yes
May 31, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2023NM01Yes
Dec 20, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 29, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 16, 2021TX00Yes
May 30, 2021TX01Yes
Mar 30, 2021TX01Yes