Carrier profile · USDOT 1025286 · MC-442621 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RD Reed Heavy Transport LLC

18 power unitsavg 9.9 yrLocal · 2 statesEL CAJON, CA76/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-442621 BROKER ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksrdreed.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 13.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 5.0 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 22, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241011
20232012
20222002
20191001
20181001
20172002
20152012
20122012
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 18, 2025CA00Yes
May 17, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 1, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 4, 2023CA01Yes
May 20, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2019AZ00Yes
Feb 1, 2018CA00Yes
May 30, 2017CA00Yes
Feb 28, 2017CA00Yes
Oct 19, 2015CA00Yes
Jan 8, 2015CA02Yes
Dec 10, 2012CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2012CA01Yes
Apr 1, 2011CA02Yes