Carrier profile · USDOT 2481180 · MC-858657 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Raj Transport Inc

DBA RTI

100 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 32 statesCHESTERTON, IN60/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-858657 ACTIVE
Verified linksrajtransport.orgFMCSA 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 25.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 244 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.3% · 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 14.7 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

239 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
244
Annualized
≈122 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving137 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance60 · 27 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 22 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

132 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

62ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
40False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 16 total · 8 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254014
20244124
20233013
20222002
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 9, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 30, 2025UT00Yes
Nov 23, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 15, 2025WY00Yes
Feb 12, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 16, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 6, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 10, 2024CA01Yes
Jan 8, 2024NM113Yes
Oct 27, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 20, 2023CA02Yes
Jan 5, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 11, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 26, 2021CA00Yes