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RSM EXPRESS LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 37.8% (24-mo)82 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3% (24-mo)150 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

28.6% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 15.3 pts across the window — latest above the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 73-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
73
Inspections · 24 mo
150
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving63
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/30/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
21False logs
16Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 12 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20259049
20242012
20232002
20222012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
05/05/2026AL01Yes
03/16/2026IA00Yes
02/17/2026TX00Yes
11/19/2025NC00Yes
10/14/2025TX00Yes
10/06/2025MO00Yes
09/29/2025VA01Yes
09/02/2025TX00Yes
07/23/2025GA01Yes
03/20/2025AL00Yes
02/25/2025MS02Yes
01/05/2025MS01Yes
04/22/2024NC00Yes
02/16/2024CO01Yes
09/25/2023MI00Yes
01/18/2023NC00Yes
04/01/2022TX01Yes
02/05/2022IL00Yes