Carrier profile · USDOT 959806 · MC-409758 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ROYAL FREIGHT LP

220 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 35 statesPHARR, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-409758 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksroyalfreight.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 18.2%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 — 319 vehicle and 464 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 5.6 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

434 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 27

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 220-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
220
Inspections · 24 mo
464
Annualized
≈232 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving158 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 44 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
19False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 374 total · 17 in 24 mo

374
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
130
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267017
20255025
2024100310
2023130613
2022110111
2021130113
20209067
20198137
2018120412
20179029
2016150514
2015270723
2014230922
2013101110
2012130610
2011140612
2010150514
2009141214
2008172817
20072901028
20062521221
2005132312
2004150413
2003140711
2002120710
20016025
20004004
19995045
19983023
19973013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 6, 2026TX00Yes
May 30, 2026MO00Yes
May 28, 2026AR00Yes
May 20, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 19, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 4, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 4, 2026TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2025AZ02Yes
Feb 28, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 26, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 31, 2025LA01Yes
Jan 14, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 6, 2024TX02Yes
Oct 22, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 18, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 23, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 16, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 1, 2024TX01Yes
Mar 20, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 3, 2024LA00Yes
Nov 8, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 1, 2023IN01Yes
Sep 10, 2023WV00Yes