Carrier profile · USDOT 41946 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Royal Cup Inc

DBA ROYAL CUP COFFEE

170 power unitsavg 6.3 yrMulti-region · 15 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 1.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 75 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.9 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

100 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 9

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 170-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
170
Inspections · 24 mo
102
Annualized
51 / yr
Coverage
0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 62 total · 3 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251001
20241001
20231001
20222002
20211001
20195015
20182012
20174013
201610039
20145005
20132012
20123013
20112112
20102002
20091011
20081011
20071001
20063023
20051001
20041011
20031011
20011011
20003122
19982011
19952002
19942121
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026CA01No
Dec 22, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024GA00Yes
May 18, 2023TX00Yes
May 13, 2022MD00Yes
Mar 2, 2022GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2021AL00Yes
Oct 28, 2019CA00Yes
Jun 20, 2019FL00Yes
Apr 16, 2019TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2019FL00Yes
Jan 15, 2019MD02Yes
May 16, 2018AL00Yes
Feb 15, 2018TX01Yes
Jul 18, 2017FL00Yes
Mar 13, 2017TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2017AL01No
Jan 17, 2017IL00Yes
Dec 29, 2016FL00Yes
Dec 22, 2016AL00Yes
Oct 4, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 7, 2016SC00Yes
Sep 3, 2016TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2016VA01Yes
Aug 16, 2016AL02Yes