Carrier profile · USDOT 2415133 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RAINFOREST DISTRIBUTION CORP

118 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 22 statesBAYONNE, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksrainforestdistribution.comFMCSA SAFER

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 13.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 173 vehicle and 266 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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 4.8 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

258 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 19

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 118-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
118
Inspections · 24 mo
266
Annualized
≈133 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
6False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254034
20243023
20232012
20213013
20203012
20193013
20182012
20171001
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 3, 2026SC02Yes
Sep 19, 2025MA01Yes
Jun 23, 2025NY01Yes
Mar 12, 2025ME02Yes
Feb 26, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 2, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 29, 2024NY03Yes
Mar 27, 2024PA01Yes
Dec 2, 2023NY013Yes
May 8, 2023CT00Yes
Sep 30, 2021MD00Yes
Jul 12, 2021NJ00Yes
May 29, 2021NY01Yes
Nov 21, 2020NY01No
Sep 25, 2020NY00Yes
Mar 19, 2020MD00Yes
Aug 23, 2019CT00Yes
Aug 10, 2019NY05Yes
May 9, 2019VA00Yes
Nov 16, 2018NY00Yes
Oct 29, 2018PA03Yes
Dec 5, 2017MD00Yes
Feb 9, 2014NY01Yes