Carrier profile · USDOT 1418734 · MC-536766 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ROADLINK EXPRESS INC

47 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 32 statesHAM LAKE, MN81/100
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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 32.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 148 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 6.7 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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 10

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 47-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
47
Inspections · 24 mo
148
Annualized
≈74 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
63%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 4 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20242012
20233003
20222012
20181011
20172012
20162112
20156016
20142012
20131001
20123113
20081010
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 6, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 19, 2025MN01Yes
Jan 23, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 19, 2024KY01Yes
Apr 25, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 21, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 17, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 11, 2023OK00Yes
Dec 10, 2022KS00Yes
Sep 13, 2022KY01Yes
Nov 21, 2018TN01Yes
Apr 12, 2017SD00Yes
Mar 17, 2017KY06Yes
May 8, 2016KY00Yes
Feb 16, 2016IA11Yes
Nov 7, 2015TX00Yes
Aug 24, 2015MN00Yes
Aug 13, 2015MT00Yes
Jul 31, 2015MN03Yes
May 27, 2015MO00Yes
Mar 5, 2015IN00Yes
Sep 12, 2014IA00Yes
Jun 17, 2014KS01Yes
May 14, 2013WI00Yes
Jul 27, 2012NV00Yes