RELIANT TRANSPORTATION LTD
DBA RELIANT TRANSPORTATION
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
271 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 21
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
- 152
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 280
- Annualized
- ≈140 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving26 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 82 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2025 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2023 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2022 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 9, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 13, 2019 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2019 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2019 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 16, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2017 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 20, 2017 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2017 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |