Carrier profile · USDOT 227709 · MC-221152 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Red Knight Transportation LLC

DBA RK TRANSPORTATION

200 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 16 statesMATTOON, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-221152 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 11.7%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 — 274 vehicle and 534 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.1% · 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 6.1 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

519 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 31

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 200-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
200
Inspections · 24 mo
534
Annualized
≈267 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 83 total · 15 in 24 mo

83
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20259039
20246036
20235125
20229159
20219019
20196035
20182002
20172002
20164014
20153003
20146016
20131001
20122002
20113003
20101001
20093103
20081001
20071001
20061001
20053013
20011001
19971001
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 28, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 20, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 23, 2025TN02Yes
Dec 15, 2025IN02Yes
Dec 10, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 31, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 17, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 30, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 8, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 18, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 16, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 6, 2024KY02Yes
Oct 24, 2024WV00Yes
Oct 17, 2024OH01Yes
May 15, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 9, 2024GA00Yes
Jan 25, 2024IL01Yes
Dec 1, 2023IL10Yes
Sep 21, 2023OH01Yes
May 24, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 12, 2023KY00Yes
Mar 29, 2023OH01Yes
Nov 11, 2022KY01Yes
Oct 3, 2022GA00Yes