Carrier profile · USDOT 242009 · MC-170247 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Roadrunner Transportation Services Inc

DBA ROADRUNNER

720 power unitsavg 9.5 yrNational · 41 statesMILWAUKEE, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-170247 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksrrts.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 15.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 667 vehicle and 1,066 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 8.3 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

1,046 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 60

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 720-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
720
Inspections · 24 mo
1,083
Annualized
≈542 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
55%
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 Driving346 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance149 · 29 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance114 · 93 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance86 · 24 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance65 · 30 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance44 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance40 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

117 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

82ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
21False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 778 total · 40 in 24 mo

778
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
267
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026130611
2025251523
2024150515
2023190619
2022262724
20213811236
2020350834
2019300928
20184611143
20175011446
20164621642
20154301941
20145601648
20133901538
2012271926
20114031835
2010190819
2009281528
2008150515
2007150715
2006150514
20059009
20047137
20037117
20028058
20017147
20003003
1999110910
19988037
1997140913
19968066
1995111611
199410059
1993140513
1992150210
19913012
19902021
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026OK02Yes
May 30, 2026MO00Yes
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
May 2, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026MT00Yes
Apr 17, 2026ID01No
Apr 1, 2026TX01No
Mar 13, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026AZ02Yes
Feb 10, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 7, 2026PA01Yes
Jan 28, 2026SC01Yes
Jan 24, 2026OK00Yes
Nov 4, 2025LA10Yes
Oct 14, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 28, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 23, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 22, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 19, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 12, 2025WY00Yes
Aug 21, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 21, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 19, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 1, 2025CA00Yes