RAIDER EXPRESS INC
RAIDER EXPRESS INC (USDOT 817781) in FORT WORTH, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2002-04-11 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 19 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 33 times, most recent 2025-05-19 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- 1 other active carrier(s) operate from this exact street + ZIP. High counts are often legitimate registered-agent / virtual-office addresses — treat as context, not a verdict.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2012-05-09 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 350
- Total drivers
- 350
- Years in business
- 27
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 19 of 19 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.5%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 4.1%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 33 times last 2025-05-19
- Physical address
- 1 other carrier(s) at this address
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-06
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2002-04-11
- Last compliance review
- 2012-05-09 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-05-25.
Crash history (last 24 months)
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
82 | 18 | 2026-05-06 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
82 | 1 | 2026-04-24 |
Hours of service 395
|
61 | 0 | 2026-03-29 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
23 | 0 | 2026-01-06 |
General safety regulations 390
|
17 | 0 | 2025-12-30 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-12-03 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-12-03 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2026-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-03-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks - Connection to Power Unit | — |
| 2026-03-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
| 2026-03-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2026-03-21 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD user's manual | — |
| 2026-03-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Any of the locking pins are missing or not engaged. | — |
| 2026-02-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2026-02-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Hose or Tubing Chafing and/or Kinking Under Vehicle | — |
| 2026-02-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2026-01-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | More than 25% of the locking pins are missing or not engaged | OOS |
| 2026-01-20 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-01-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-01-10 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-12-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-12-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - All electrical systems on towed vehicle(s) inoperative due to no electrical connection (e.g. unplugged or loo | OOS |
| 2025-12-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-12-22 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-12-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-12-03 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a CDL (passenger or property carrying) vehicle that is non-excepted and the driver has | OOS |
| 2025-12-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2025-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-11-04 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2025-10-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-09-23 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps (other than headlamps) not securely mounted | — |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-08-22 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-08-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2025-08-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-17 | Driver Fitness | Operating a CMV without a CDL | OOS |
| 2025-07-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator for towed vehicles on vehicles manufactured after February 2001 | — |
| 2025-06-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-06-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2026-04-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2026-04-24 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2PC | OOS | — |
2026-04-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-04-23 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2026-04-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2026-04-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60E-WS | — | — |
2026-04-07 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-LCDLR | OOS | — |
2026-04-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-03-29 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
2026-03-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D | — | — |
2026-03-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207B-AALPME | — | — |
2026-02-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
2026-02-12 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
2026-02-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-02-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2026-01-22 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207B-AALPME-OOS | OOS | — |
2026-01-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-01-18 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
2026-01-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16AD | — | — |
2026-01-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTR | — | — |
2026-01-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-12-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
2025-12-28 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 23-LEU | OOS | — |
2025-12-24 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB1-MC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
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