Carrier profile · USDOT 1093846 · MC-452502 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Red Cap Transportation Inc

DBA RED CAP TRANSPORT

50 power unitsavg 14.7 yrLocal · 2 statesDEARBORN, MI90/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-452502 ACTIVE
Verified linksredcaptransport.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 15.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 20.2 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 50-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.16measure
SMS · per-BASIC
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 48 total · 2 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20221001
20192002
20181010
20172012
20161001
20153023
20144014
20136026
20127026
20103032
20072012
20062002
20054024
20046016
20032011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 16, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 14, 2019OH00Yes
Apr 17, 2019OH00Yes
Aug 14, 2018OH02No
Feb 7, 2017OH01Yes
Jan 17, 2017OH00Yes
May 17, 2016OH00Yes
Nov 18, 2015MI01Yes
Sep 3, 2015OH01Yes
Jan 15, 2015MI00Yes
Oct 8, 2014MI00Yes
May 13, 2014OH01Yes
Apr 3, 2014MI00Yes
Feb 12, 2014MI00Yes
Nov 27, 2013MI00Yes
Oct 3, 2013OH03Yes
Aug 26, 2013OH00Yes
Aug 12, 2013MI00Yes
May 29, 2013MI00Yes
May 17, 2013OH01Yes
Dec 1, 2012MI02Yes
Oct 15, 2012OH01No
Sep 20, 2012MI00Yes