R C MOTORS INC

DOT# 384183 MC# 224225 Frankfort, IL Authorized For-Hire
(815) 505-3876 office@rcmotors.us 11870 Topanga Cyn, Frankfort IL 60423
7 tractors · all owned 12 drivers 266k mi/yr · ~38k per unit
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
36 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
12 · 12
Annual miles
266k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 7 3 0 10

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
03-02-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-04-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROBERT MARTIN

Cargo

57.6
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce US Mail Construction
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.59×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.59× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.94×, out-of-service orders 1.85× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.26× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +14%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 9 of 22 violations (41%). Brake or light defects led to 4 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Falsified logs
    3 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Mar 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
80.0%
4 of 5
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
22
8 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 70,135 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.143 0.039
Inspections 1.00 1.41
Violations 1.57 1.44
Critical violations 0.50 0.26

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

22 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    19 · 7 OOS
    Brakes 9 · Lights 6 · Tires 3 · Steering & suspension 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    False log 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
2 crashes
  • May
    19
    2026
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Nov
    12
    2025
    Georgia
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Northland Insurance Company
on record since Jun 20, 2004 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jun 1994
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 18, 1990)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Illinois (HQ) 4
  • Florida 2
  • Alabama 1
  • Kentucky 1
  • Michigan 1
  • Ohio 1
  • Wisconsin 1