Carrier profile · USDOT 2097834 · MC-731758 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

RED CLASSIC TRANSIT LLC

577 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 19 statesCHARLOTTE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-731758 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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.

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

Vehicle OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 264 vehicle and 653 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.4% · 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 7.8 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

630 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 35

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 577-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
577
Inspections · 24 mo
654
Annualized
≈327 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving197 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 51 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 310 total · 39 in 24 mo

310
Total crashes
39
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
126
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026142414
2025180716
2024150514
2023241624
20222711226
2021181816
20202611125
2019261726
20182611225
20173101630
20163011329
2015151514
2014110310
20137037
2012131812
20119167
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026VA00Yes
Jun 24, 2026NC05Yes
Jun 10, 2026IN01Yes
Jun 7, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 2, 2026NC10Yes
May 18, 2026NC00Yes
May 7, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 31, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 26, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 28, 2026OH24Yes
Feb 17, 2026NC02Yes
Jan 29, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 16, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 14, 2026SC00Yes
Dec 1, 2025WV00Yes
Dec 1, 2025NC01No
Nov 26, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 13, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 7, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 25, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 23, 2025SC01No
Sep 19, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 21, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 22, 2025MD00Yes
May 28, 2025TN03Yes