Carrier profile · USDOT 1430510 · MC-714216 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rain Dogs Trucking Inc

80 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 44 statesWILLOWBROOK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-714216 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 23.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 286 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 12.6 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

272 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 21

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
≈1.8 / 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
80
Inspections · 24 mo
286
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
56%
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 Driving114 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 51 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
12False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 67 total · 17 in 24 mo

67
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025101510
2024110211
20238017
20225015
20217036
20203033
20193023
20184014
20173013
20167007
20151001
20142012
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 16, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2026MT00Yes
Nov 4, 2025NC01Yes
Oct 21, 2025IN03Yes
Oct 6, 2025TX02Yes
Aug 1, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 20, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025GA00Yes
May 15, 2025NC00Yes
May 2, 2025MS11Yes
Apr 27, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2025FL02Yes
Dec 13, 2024AZ00Yes
Oct 24, 2024AL01Yes
Oct 23, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2024NJ01Yes
Aug 31, 2024NM00Yes
Aug 9, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 3, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 16, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 13, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 1, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 1, 2023CO00Yes