Carrier profile · USDOT 3975962 · MC-1487175 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

RITE FREIGHT INC

94 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 37 statesMORROW, OH81/100
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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 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 101 vehicle and 233 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.5% · 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 14.7 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

226 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 22

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 94-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
94
Inspections · 24 mo
233
Annualized
≈117 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving59 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 7 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 8 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263012
20255035
20242022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2026WV00Yes
May 29, 2026NC01No
Apr 20, 2026IN00Yes
Nov 21, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 17, 2025KY01Yes
Nov 4, 2025KY01Yes
Oct 19, 2025WY00Yes
Jun 6, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 1, 2024NJ01Yes
Apr 21, 2024GA01Yes