Carrier profile · USDOT 1638845 · MC-603945 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

Ray's Transport Inc

34 power unitsavg 6.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesWARREN, MI75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-603945 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksraystransport.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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 61 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 9.7 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 34-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
61
Annualized
≈31 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

33%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance32 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

55 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
12False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261111
20246025
20223003
20211001
20204024
20194024
20172022
20161001
20151001
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026OH11Yes
Dec 12, 2024MI01No
Dec 12, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 10, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024PA01Yes
May 3, 2024MI00Yes
May 3, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 23, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 14, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 13, 2022IA00Yes
Apr 20, 2021OH00Yes
Oct 9, 2020MI02Yes
Sep 15, 2020MA01Yes
Jun 11, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 31, 2020NY00Yes
Dec 4, 2019MI01Yes
Oct 31, 2019OH00Yes
Jun 16, 2019MI02Yes
Jan 15, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 17, 2017TN02Yes
Aug 15, 2017NJ02Yes
Feb 13, 2016NY00Yes
Jan 14, 2015IN00Yes
Aug 28, 2014MI00Yes