RAP EXPRESS INC
RAP EXPRESS INC (USDOT 4117529) in STREAMWOOD, IL — 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- 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
- Not applicable
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
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 11
- Total drivers
- 12
- Years in business
- 3
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 5.9%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 17.6%
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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-12-16
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
Record spans 2024-02-27 → 2026-05-06.
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
|
24 | 6 | 2026-04-09 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
7 | 0 | 2026-04-22 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 1 | 2025-11-06 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2025-03-17 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2025-03-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using a hand-held mobile telephone | — |
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Suspension - Deflated air suspension | OOS |
| 2026-03-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing with a bulge/swelling when air pressure is applied | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Weight carried exceeds tire load limit | OOS |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake connections with leaks or constrictions | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor lower rear mud flaps retroreflective sheeting / reflex reflective material requirements for vehicles manuf | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/discharged/unsecured fire extinguisher | — |
| 2026-03-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Stopped vehicle warning devices missing or improper | — |
| 2026-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2026-01-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2025-11-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2025-10-09 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-06-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-04-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-23 | Driver Fitness | Driver cannot satisfy the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2) as per FMCSA Enforcement Guidance M | — |
| 2025-03-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative/missing/damaged on drivers side during inclement weather requiring use of the windshield wipers | — |
| 2024-12-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2024-10-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2024-10-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-05-14 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-05-14 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2024-05-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 18 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-22 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2026-04-09 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 82DUMT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2026-03-26 3 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45A-BHTBS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207F-SDAS | OOS | — |
2026-03-06 8 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95F | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75G-LOAD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-01-29 6 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203E-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHWS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2025-11-06 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
2025-10-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2025-08-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-06-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
2025-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
2025-04-17 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-03-23 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78-WOOS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 11B2-Q | — | — |
2025-03-17 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| CDL standards 383 | 95A-LCDL | OOS | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
2024-12-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2024-10-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
2024-10-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-05-14 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(e)(1) | — | — |
2024-05-13 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | Conviction of a Different Charge |
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