Carrier profile · USDOT 4332857 · MC-1691938 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RCS Transportation Company LLC

1 power unitavg 11.6 yrMulti-region · 14 statesHOUSTON, TX0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1691938 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDERHAZMAT
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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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Apr 29, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 70.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 70.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

71.4% · 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 36.3 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈17.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈17.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
100%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
100%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
96%
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 Driving48 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness14 · 14 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
2False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 1 total · 1 in 24 mo

1
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2025TN00Yes