S P Richards Company
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 11
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 138
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 85
- Annualized
- ≈43 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle 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
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 127 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2025 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2024 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2018 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2016 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2016 | OK | 0 | 6 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2016 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2015 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2015 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2014 | NJ | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 11, 2014 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2014 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2013 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2013 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2013 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2012 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2012 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |