Carrier profile · USDOT 2317388 · MC-791311 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

RFS Group Inc

124 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 40 statesWEST CHICAGO, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-791311 ACTIVE
Verified linksrfs-group.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 7.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 140 vehicle and 311 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 10.9 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

305 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 21

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 124-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
124
Inspections · 24 mo
311
Annualized
≈156 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 54 total · 9 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20255015
20246026
2023101510
20227037
20215125
20204024
20194044
20186016
20161001
20153013
20141011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 14, 2026WI01Yes
Dec 7, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025RI00Yes
Sep 23, 2025IL01Yes
Jul 28, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 25, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2024OH02Yes
Sep 3, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 30, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024NC00Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH03Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 5, 2023OH11Yes
Nov 24, 2023WY01Yes
Sep 20, 2023MO01Yes
Aug 15, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 1, 2023WI01Yes
Jul 21, 2023ME00Yes
Mar 24, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 18, 2023IN00Yes
Jan 17, 2023NY01Yes
Dec 16, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 21, 2022KY01Yes