Carrier profile · USDOT 685854 · MC-304542 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Rockwell Transportation Inc

27 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 27 statesWIXOM, MI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-304542 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksrockwellmed.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 23.8%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 — 42 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 15.2 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 7

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 1 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20224004
20214014
20202002
20191001
20185025
20171011
20163022
20141011
20132002
20092022
20082022
20073021
20052002
20041011
20031001
20011010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 11, 2025MD00Yes
Apr 26, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 27, 2022KS00Yes
Jul 18, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 24, 2022OK00Yes
Jan 24, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 14, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 14, 2021PA05Yes
Apr 2, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 3, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 17, 2020AR00Yes
Jun 17, 2020PA00Yes
Aug 23, 2019NC00Yes
Nov 7, 2018PA01Yes
Sep 19, 2018PA00Yes
Sep 10, 2018NC00Yes
Aug 23, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 11, 2018IL01Yes
May 23, 2017IL01Yes
Dec 5, 2016MO02Yes
Oct 3, 2016MO00Yes
Mar 31, 2016OH01No
Jun 8, 2014TX02Yes
May 27, 2013AL00Yes
May 6, 2013MI00Yes