Rager and Sons Inc
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
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 6
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 2
- Annualized
- ≈1 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2018 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2017 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2017 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2017 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2011 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2011 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2010 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2010 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2009 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2009 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2007 | TN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 5, 2006 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2004 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2001 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2001 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |