Carrier profile · USDOT 3105463 · MC-95818 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

VDV Royal Trans Inc

100 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 38 statesSCHAUMBURG, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-95818 ACTIVE
Verified linksvdvroyal.comFMCSA 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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 251 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 21.9 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

245 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 16

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
251
Annualized
≈126 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving117 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
16False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 10 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20257016
20243003
20238027
20226025
20202002
20192002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 27, 2026NE00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TN01No
Sep 20, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 8, 2025AZ00Yes
Mar 4, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 18, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 14, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 5, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 28, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 22, 2023NV00Yes
Oct 6, 2023NM01No
Aug 16, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 12, 2023CT00Yes
Apr 14, 2023TN01Yes
Feb 20, 2023MN00Yes
Jan 21, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 17, 2022TX01No
Aug 29, 2022CT01Yes
Aug 27, 2022OR00Yes
Aug 16, 2022AR00Yes
Jul 15, 2022MS00Yes
Mar 30, 2022IL00Yes