REFRIGERATED EXPRESS 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
81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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
- 64
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 85
- Annualized
- ≈43 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
15 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 84 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2026 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2026 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 23, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2025 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2024 | TX | 0 | 4 | No |
| Feb 8, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | TX | 0 | 2 | No |
| Dec 2, 2023 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2023 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2023 | LA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 23, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 9, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 12, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |