Carrier profile · USDOT 970090 · MC-414034 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RAI EXPRESS LINES LTD

73 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 25 statesSURREY, BC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-414034 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 13.8%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 — 196 vehicle and 376 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

356 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 23

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
73
Inspections · 24 mo
376
Annualized
≈188 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving82 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance46 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 20 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

96 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
21No log / no ELD
24False logs
19Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 59 total · 3 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252022
20239029
20229029
20212002
20202002
20196016
20182012
20175005
20152002
20145015
20132002
20121011
20111001
20101011
20092002
20084104
20073003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 19, 2026IN05Yes
Dec 28, 2025MN01Yes
May 6, 2025OH01Yes
Dec 2, 2023MT00Yes
Oct 25, 2023MT00Yes
Oct 14, 2023CA01Yes
Jun 1, 2023NV00Yes
Mar 9, 2023CT00Yes
Mar 8, 2023ND01Yes
Feb 28, 2023ID00Yes
Jan 31, 2023WY00Yes
Jan 6, 2023MN00Yes
Dec 8, 2022NE00Yes
Sep 21, 2022MT01Yes
Aug 11, 2022IA00Yes
Jun 30, 2022MN00Yes
Jun 13, 2022MT00Yes
Apr 7, 2022ND00Yes
Mar 4, 2022ND00Yes
Feb 2, 2022OR01Yes
Jan 25, 2022PA00Yes
Jun 27, 2021WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2021WY00Yes
Dec 17, 2020KS00Yes
Oct 28, 2020MT00Yes