Carrier profile · USDOT 1101044 · MC-454548 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RED LIGHT EXPRESS INC

11 power unitsavg 9.3 yrNational · 18 statesCHESTER, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-454548 ACTIVE
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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 46.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 66 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 34.5 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

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
≈3.0 / 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
11
Inspections · 24 mo
66
Annualized
≈33 / yr
Coverage
≈3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 5 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252022
20241001
20231001
20224024
20211001
20201001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 14, 2026AR00Yes
Jan 13, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2025GA02Yes
Jun 21, 2025LA03Yes
Aug 6, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 11, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 14, 2022IL02Yes
Oct 31, 2022IL01Yes
Oct 25, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 10, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 5, 2021FL00Yes
Feb 11, 2020NM00Yes
Nov 28, 2017IL00Yes