Carrier profile · USDOT 299168 · MC-199569 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Royster Trucking Inc

3 power unitsavg 9.2 yrLocal · 2 statesDUNCOMBE, IA93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-199569 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 28.6%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 — 7 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 27 total · 0 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20101001
20091001
20081001
20072022
20061001
20053013
20042022
20031001
20022021
20011010
20001011
19993013
19983032
19972002
19962021
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 6, 2010IA00Yes
Sep 15, 2009MO00Yes
Jan 29, 2008MO00Yes
Mar 29, 2007IA01Yes
Jan 31, 2007NE01Yes
Jul 21, 2006IA00Yes
Oct 10, 2005MN00Yes
Jul 6, 2005MO01Yes
Jun 13, 2005IL00Yes
Jun 2, 2004NE02Yes
Jan 13, 2004WA01Yes
Oct 28, 2003IA00Yes
Jul 22, 2002IA01No
Jan 8, 2002IA01Yes
May 7, 2001MO01No
Dec 7, 2000IA01Yes
Dec 15, 1999IA00Yes
Dec 5, 1999TX02Yes
Jun 18, 1999IA00Yes
Nov 5, 1998VA01Yes
Jun 23, 1998IA05Yes
Jan 21, 1998IA01No
Nov 26, 1997NE00Yes
Feb 18, 1997IA00Yes
Jun 17, 1996IL01Yes