Carrier profile · USDOT 1611631 · MC-362448 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

RIVER VALLEY EXPRESS LLC

37 power unitsavg 5.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesSCHOFIELD, WI100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-362448 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrivervalleyexpress.netFMCSA 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 16.7%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 — 18 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 29.8 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 37-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20222011
20211001
20192002
20183013
20171001
20162021
20141101
20091001
20082012
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 21, 2023WI01Yes
Aug 21, 2022WI01No
Feb 23, 2022WI00Yes
Jun 5, 2021WI00Yes
Dec 13, 2019WI00Yes
Jan 7, 2019WI00Yes
Aug 10, 2018IL00Yes
Apr 4, 2018WI00Yes
Jan 17, 2018WI02Yes
Oct 10, 2017IL00Yes
Sep 28, 2016OH01Yes
Jul 1, 2016WI01No
Feb 21, 2014WI10Yes
Mar 10, 2009IL00Yes
Mar 30, 2008MI01Yes
Jan 22, 2008WI00Yes
Sep 26, 2007IL00Yes