RED LINE INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 35
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 81
- Annualized
- ≈41 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 14 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 88 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 1, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2025 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2024 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2024 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2024 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2023 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2023 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2021 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2021 | AR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2018 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2017 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2016 | AR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2016 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |