Carrier profile · USDOT 574082 · MC-279157 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R L Walker Transport Inc

91 power unitsavg 8.8 yrRegional · 4 statesTOMBAL, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-279157 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksrlwalkertransport.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 29.0%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 — 131 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.3% · 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 4.2 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

129 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 12

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 91-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
91
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance44 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 21, 2023. 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
5Drove over hours

Crash history· 51 total · 2 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20251011
20246126
20236136
20221011
20212012
20205034
20197056
20189158
20176016
20164123
20121010
20011001
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026TX02No
Dec 20, 2025TX02Yes
Jun 29, 2024TX11Yes
Jun 29, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 1, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 12, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 24, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 18, 2023TX11Yes
Oct 13, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 11, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 4, 2023TX03Yes
Nov 30, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 21, 2021TX01Yes
May 2, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 6, 2020TX01Yes
Apr 1, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2020TX02No
Jan 13, 2020TX01Yes
Nov 15, 2019TX01Yes
Sep 21, 2019TX01No
Aug 18, 2019TX00Yes