Carrier profile · USDOT 2404805 · MC-827303 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

ROTRANS LINES INC

131 power unitsavg 3.7 yrMulti-region · 13 statesDES PLAINES, IL68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-827303 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 42.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 47 vehicle and 79 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.6% · 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 14.8 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 13

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 131-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
131
Inspections · 24 mo
79
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
74%
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 Maintenance22 · 22 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
16False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 4 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20251001
20232012
20222022
20212012
20202002
20196116
20184024
20171011
20161001
20152012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026IN02Yes
Apr 10, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 4, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 21, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2023NM01Yes
May 26, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 30, 2022IL01Yes
Sep 25, 2022OK01Yes
Jun 10, 2021MO01Yes
Feb 10, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 26, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 21, 2020NE00Yes
Dec 27, 2019WI01Yes
Dec 15, 2019NE10Yes
Dec 9, 2019WY00Yes
Apr 19, 2019IA00Yes
Mar 17, 2019UT00Yes
Jan 20, 2019WY00Yes
Nov 28, 2018IL01Yes
Nov 10, 2018WY02Yes
Feb 20, 2018NM00Yes
Jan 11, 2018KY00Yes
Jun 22, 2017CO01Yes
Jan 7, 2016WI00Yes
Dec 7, 2015IL01Yes