Carrier profile · USDOT 4118237 · MC-1574503 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Redhawk Carriers Inc

10 power unitsavg 14.9 yrLocal · 2 statesLAREDO, TX56/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1574503 ACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
Verified linksredhawkc.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 57.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 19.3 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
99%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance29 · 10 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 9 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262102
20254014
20243013
20231001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026TX10Yes
Apr 1, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 10, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 30, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 3, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 20, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 19, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2023TX00Yes