Carrier profile · USDOT 513700 · MC-261543 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R N D LOGISTICS INC

DBA R&D LOGISTICS

28 power unitsavg 10.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesEDINBURG, TX88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-261543 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 20.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 21.8 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 8

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

≈1.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 28
Inspections · 24 mo: 81
Annualized: ≈41 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

78%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

30%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

51%

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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues

6No log / no ELD

8False logs

4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 5 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	3	0	1	3
2024	3	0	0	3
2023	1	0	0	1
2020	2	0	2	1
2018	1	0	1	1
2016	1	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2011	2	0	1	2
2008	1	1	1	1
2007	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 22, 2025	LA	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Mar 21, 2025	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 7, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2024	GA	0	0	Yes
Mar 20, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
May 11, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 10, 2020	TX	0	1	Yes
Jan 29, 2020	TX	0	3	No
Jan 5, 2018	LA	0	2	Yes
Mar 9, 2016	TX	1	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2013	TX	0	1	Yes
Nov 3, 2011	GA	0	2	Yes
Aug 5, 2011	LA	0	0	Yes
Jan 28, 2008	TX	1	2	Yes
Feb 8, 2007	ID	0	1	No