RAPID EXPRESS INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 13.9% (24-mo)65 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0% (24-mo)114 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

8.1% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 2.1 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 44-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
57 / yr
Coverage
1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving29
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 03/22/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 3 total · 1 in 24 mo

3
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
10/17/2024PA00Yes
10/19/2023TX00Yes
10/10/2023IL01Yes