Carrier profile · USDOT 2293586 · MC-829234 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

RAFA TRANS INC

90 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 34 statesDARIEN, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-829234 ACTIVE
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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 46.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 162 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

53.3% · 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 9.6 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 13

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 90-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
162
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
72%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
92%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
76%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving6 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 10 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262112
20256045
20243013
20234104
20226046
20215135
20205035
20192002
20181011
20172102
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026MO12Yes
Mar 2, 2026LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 9, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 9, 2025MO01Yes
Sep 11, 2025MI00Yes
May 1, 2025OH01No
Feb 7, 2025NC02Yes
Nov 9, 2024MI01Yes
Nov 1, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 19, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 28, 2023NC10Yes
Sep 28, 2023PA00Yes
Aug 25, 2023TN00Yes
May 2, 2023IN00Yes
Sep 10, 2022NC02Yes
May 6, 2022TX01Yes
Mar 9, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 22, 2022GA01Yes
Feb 17, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 24, 2021IL01Yes
Jul 30, 2021IA00Yes
Mar 3, 2021PA03Yes
Feb 27, 2021MS10Yes