Carrier profile · USDOT 2263816 · MC-1116450 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Redbird Trucking LLC

145 power unitsavg 13.9 yrRegional · 4 statesSAN MARCOS, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1116450 ACTIVE
Verified linksredbirdtrucking.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 18.5%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 — 184 vehicle and 196 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.3% · 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 4.4 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

190 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 17

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 145-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
145
Inspections · 24 mo
196
Annualized
≈98 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving124 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance50 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance44 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 19 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 54 total · 8 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264114
20253013
20246055
20238057
20228028
20215034
20204033
20193023
20184024
20171010
20161001
20152011
20143113
20132021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026TX13Yes
Jun 19, 2026TX00Yes
May 14, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 9, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 14, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 22, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 10, 2024TX01Yes
Apr 15, 2024TX01No
Apr 4, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 26, 2024TX01Yes
Jan 29, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 9, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 27, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2023TX02Yes
Apr 19, 2023TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2023TX04No
Mar 3, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 23, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 25, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 13, 2022TX00Yes