Carrier profile · USDOT 2111026 · MC-735988 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rara Trucking Inc

36 power unitsavg 11.2 yrLocal · 1 statesSAN JOSE, CA94/100
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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 17.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 141 vehicle and 151 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 12.2 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

149 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 16

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
≈2.1 / 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
36
Inspections · 24 mo
151
Annualized
≈76 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
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 Driving66 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20233012
20221001
20213033
20181010
20173013
20161001
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026CA00Yes
May 22, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 20, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 1, 2023CA01No
Mar 21, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 28, 2021CA03Yes
Aug 12, 2021CA01Yes
Aug 10, 2021CA01Yes
May 18, 2018CA01No
Dec 4, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 1, 2017CA00Yes
Aug 28, 2017CA02Yes
Aug 5, 2016CA00Yes
Aug 17, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2014CA00Yes