Carrier profile · USDOT 181944 · MC-170218 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Robinson & Sons Trucking Inc

DBA R & S TRUCKING INC

9 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 5 statesLAWRENCEBURG, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-170218 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 6.7 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
8 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 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
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 37 total · 2 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20221001
20211001
20202112
20181001
20172022
20161001
20153013
20142022
20121011
20111001
20102012
20091001
20081011
20073003
20062012
20051001
20032002
20013003
19981001
19962002
19951001
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 5, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 17, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 29, 2021MD00Yes
Sep 1, 2020OH10Yes
Mar 5, 2020OH01Yes
Dec 3, 2018OH00Yes
Jun 23, 2017NC02Yes
May 22, 2017OH03Yes
Nov 28, 2016IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2015KY00Yes
Mar 10, 2015OH00Yes
Jan 27, 2015NC01Yes
Sep 24, 2014OH01Yes
Apr 3, 2014PA01Yes
Sep 20, 2012OH01Yes
Sep 29, 2011MD00Yes
Dec 18, 2010IN00Yes
Aug 24, 2010NY01Yes
Apr 27, 2009NJ00Yes
May 11, 2008OH01Yes
Dec 18, 2007CT00Yes
Dec 6, 2007KY00Yes
Oct 23, 2007WI00Yes
Dec 12, 2006MI00Yes