Carrier profile · USDOT 1311662 · MC-388153 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Royal Logistics Inc

98 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 30 statesFARGO, ND81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-388153 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 32.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

207 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

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 98-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
98
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
109 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
77%
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 Driving102 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 25 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
5False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 53 total · 7 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253023
20242002
20233023
20224044
20214014
20204024
20193023
20183023
20172002
20161011
20151011
20142022
20137017
20122022
20115115
20092102
20081001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026ND00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 2, 2026OK00Yes
Sep 25, 2025MN01Yes
Mar 20, 2025WI00Yes
Jan 29, 2025IA01Yes
Oct 26, 2024MT00Yes
Jun 14, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 30, 2023ND01Yes
Apr 10, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 13, 2023MT01Yes
Aug 12, 2022GA01Yes
Aug 11, 2022IA01Yes
Jun 10, 2022ND01Yes
Feb 5, 2022ND01Yes
Jul 21, 2021ND02Yes
Jun 9, 2021OH00Yes
May 25, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 4, 2021OH00Yes
Oct 18, 2020GA01Yes
Sep 28, 2020MT00Yes
Jan 23, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 13, 2020PA01Yes
Oct 10, 2019ND01Yes
Apr 22, 2019WI00Yes