Carrier profile · USDOT 327801 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

The Richardson Trident Company

DBA THE TRIDENT COMPANY

12 power unitsLocal · 2 statesRICHARDSON, TX100/100

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 0.0%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 — 4 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

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

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 12-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: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 5
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

3measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 27, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 29 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	1	0
2014	1	0	0	1
2010	2	0	1	2
2009	2	0	1	2
2008	1	0	1	0
2007	3	0	1	3
2006	1	0	0	1
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2003	2	0	1	2
2002	2	0	1	2
2001	7	0	7	5
2000	2	1	2	1
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 17, 2023	MO	1	Yes
Jan 27, 2016	TX	1	No
Jun 22, 2014	TX	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2010	TX	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2010	TX	1	Yes
Jun 11, 2009	TX	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2009	GA	4	Yes
Mar 13, 2008	TX	1	No
Oct 16, 2007	TX	0	Yes
Jul 9, 2007	TX	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2007	TX	2	Yes
Mar 16, 2006	TX	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2005	TX	0	Yes
Oct 21, 2004	TX	1	Yes
Oct 19, 2004	TX	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2003	TX	0	Yes
Oct 17, 2003	TX	1	Yes
Mar 20, 2002	TX	1	Yes
Mar 19, 2002	TX	0	Yes
Sep 10, 2001	TX	2	No
Apr 26, 2001	TX	1	Yes
Apr 5, 2001	OK	1	No
Mar 9, 2001	TX	1	Yes
Jan 29, 2001	TX	6	Yes
Jan 26, 2001	TX	1	Yes