Carrier profile · USDOT 2638054 · MC-918974 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

RODRIGUEZ EXPRESS LLC

23 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 3 statesJACKSON, NJ87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-918974 ACTIVE
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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 30.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 81 vehicle and 118 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 28.1 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

112 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 9

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
118
Annualized
≈59 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving175 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 63 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 5 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 193 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 3 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251001
20241011
20231011
20213023
20202002
20191011
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 14, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 31, 2026PA01Yes
Sep 29, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 11, 2024NJ01Yes
Sep 6, 2023NJ03Yes
Nov 23, 2021NJ01Yes
Aug 11, 2021NJ03Yes
Jan 27, 2021NJ00Yes
Jan 21, 2020NJ00Yes
Jan 15, 2020NJ00Yes
May 6, 2019NJ07Yes
Feb 24, 2017NJ00Yes