Carrier profile · USDOT 3356944 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

River Birch Renewable Energy LLC

122 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 1 statesAVONDALE, LA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksces-la.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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 90 vehicle and 138 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.3% · 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 2.6 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

136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 10

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 122-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
122
Inspections · 24 mo
138
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 179 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 11 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254033
202410039
20211011
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 6, 2025LA01No
Sep 30, 2025LA01Yes
Jul 11, 2025LA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025LA01Yes
Dec 20, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024LA01No
Oct 30, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 1, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 23, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 14, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 9, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 23, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 8, 2024LA01Yes
Feb 22, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 2, 2021LA03Yes
Aug 1, 2020LA00Yes