Carrier profile · USDOT 2096405 · MC-731264 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R and S Express LLC

60 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 26 statesST LOUIS, MO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-731264 ACTIVE
Verified linksrnsexpressllc.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 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 157 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 4.6 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

151 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
157
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 6 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264034
20251001
20246036
20234033
20223012
20211001
20193013
20182012
20174024
20161011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 2, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 29, 2026MI01Yes
Jul 16, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 13, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 2, 2024MO01Yes
Jul 12, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 9, 2024MO01Yes
Apr 19, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 19, 2024MO02Yes
Sep 11, 2023OH01Yes
Aug 11, 2023IL01Yes
May 26, 2023MO00Yes
May 1, 2023FL01No
Nov 17, 2022NE00Yes
Oct 7, 2022OK01No
Jul 13, 2022NE00Yes
Apr 27, 2021CO00Yes
Nov 4, 2019TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2019MO02Yes
Feb 5, 2019MO00Yes
Aug 28, 2018MO00Yes
Aug 14, 2018TX02Yes
Oct 29, 2017MO00Yes