Carrier profile · USDOT 178847 · MC-189612 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ray Walker Trucking Company Inc

135 power unitsavg 4.4 yrLocal · 2 statesPIEDMONT, SC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-189612 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 485 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 19.5 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

474 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 44

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
1.8 / 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
135
Inspections · 24 mo
485
Annualized
243 / yr
Coverage
1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving363 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 16 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 22 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 170 total · 13 in 24 mo

170
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
91
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265144
20257037
2024102510
2023142914
20228138
20216016
20207027
20197047
20184014
20172022
20164024
2015100410
20143023
20135025
20122012
20111010
20103003
20095044
20083013
20074032
20067126
20055043
20047045
20034014
20024004
20014044
20004032
19997157
19986065
19972112
19963023
19952002
19945152
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2026SC10Yes
Apr 7, 2026SC01No
Apr 1, 2026SC02Yes
Mar 10, 2026SC01Yes
Feb 6, 2026SC01Yes
Dec 23, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 25, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 23, 2025SC01Yes
Jul 10, 2025SC01Yes
Apr 11, 2025SC00Yes
Mar 17, 2025SC01Yes
Jan 28, 2025SC00Yes
Nov 13, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 31, 2024SC11Yes
Jul 31, 2024SC00Yes
Jul 2, 2024SC01Yes
Apr 11, 2024SC11Yes
Feb 12, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 12, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 12, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 25, 2024SC01Yes
Jan 15, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 28, 2023SC03Yes
Oct 31, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 31, 2023SC10Yes