Carrier profile · USDOT 1089698 · MC-549603 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Remedial Transportation Services Inc

DBA RTS

52 power unitsavg 12.3 yrRegional · 6 statesSHAFTER, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-549603 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksrtstrucking.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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 12.4 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 19

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 52-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving35 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261111
20251011
20241001
20221001
20213013
20201001
20195015
20183003
20171011
20162102
20152002
20131001
20122002
20081011
20071001
20042112
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026CA11Yes
Apr 2, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2024CA00Yes
Dec 19, 2022CA00Yes
Nov 9, 2021CA00Yes
Aug 9, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 10, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 9, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2019CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 9, 2019NV00Yes
Jul 16, 2019CA00Yes
May 27, 2019CA00Yes
May 9, 2018CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2018CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2018CA00Yes
Mar 30, 2017CA01Yes
Dec 15, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2016CA10Yes
Apr 22, 2015CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2015CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2013CA00Yes
Nov 13, 2012CA00Yes
Jan 8, 2012CA00Yes
Sep 15, 2008CA01Yes