Carrier profile · USDOT 133777 · MC-280474 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rio Grande Company

83 power unitsavg 11.6 yrLocal · 2 statesDENVER, CO100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-280474 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksriograndeco.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 9.7%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 — 31 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 1.8 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 Jul '25 · 7

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 83-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
83
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 76 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 37 total · 0 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20214014
20191001
20171001
20151001
20131001
20121001
20111001
20091001
20081001
20071001
20062002
20055005
20023013
20011001
20001011
19993022
19981011
19961010
19952022
19922000
19911000
19902000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 20, 2021CO01Yes
Oct 18, 2021CO00Yes
Sep 27, 2021CO00Yes
Sep 20, 2021CO00Yes
May 6, 2019CO00Yes
Jun 26, 2017CO00Yes
Jun 16, 2015CO00Yes
Jan 11, 2013CO00Yes
Oct 1, 2012CO00Yes
Jan 19, 2011CO00Yes
Aug 7, 2009CO00Yes
Jul 21, 2008CO00Yes
Jul 27, 2007CO00Yes
Nov 28, 2006CO00Yes
Aug 14, 2006CO00Yes
Sep 20, 2005CO00Yes
Jul 29, 2005CO00Yes
Mar 29, 2005CO00Yes
Mar 18, 2005CO00Yes
Jan 18, 2005CO00Yes
Nov 12, 2002CO00Yes
Sep 12, 2002CO00Yes
Aug 21, 2002CO01Yes
Sep 10, 2001CO00Yes
Mar 1, 2000CO01Yes