Carrier profile · USDOT 1893696 · MC-681443 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Road Train Express Inc

104 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 27 statesBRAMPTON, ON81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-681443 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

104Power units

74 observed · MCS-150

111Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(905) 453-0050 Email dispatchsafety@roadtrainexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average24.6% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2009.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$2M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo24.6%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

104 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

6.7 yr

Model years 1997–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2009 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

144 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 24.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 144 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 5.7 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

136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 10

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 104-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 104
Inspections · 24 mo: 144
Annualized: ≈72 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$2,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$2M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $2M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 6 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United States’09–’12

Northbridge Commercial’12–’15

National Interstate’16–’20

Atlantic Specialty’20–’23

Aig Canada’22–’24

Liberty’24–now

2009201420192024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $2,000,000 · LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. · since Dec 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2024 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
AIG INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA	Dec 2022 → Dec 2024	$750K	1
ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2020 → Jan 2023	$750K	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2016 → Dec 2020	$750K	2
AIG INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA	Jun 2015 → Dec 2014	$750K	1
NORTHBRIDGE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	May 2015 → Jun 2015	$750K	1
AIG INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA	Dec 2014 → Jul 2015	$750K	2
NORTHBRIDGE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jun 2012 → Jun 2015	$750K	2
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2009 → Jun 2012	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 104
Observed power (24 mo): 74
Trailers (towed): 111

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

6.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

45.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 27 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

144

MI busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

BRAMPTON, ON

85 HEARTLAKE ROAD SOUTH

Top corridor

MI ⇄ ON

MI 42 · KY 15 · TN 14

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 6 trucks also ran under 6 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 860326 USDOT 2900683 USDOT 1908633 USDOT 3478456 USDOT 1233399 USDOT 1288437Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (28 trucks · 27 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3478456 USDOT 4195827 USDOT 1233399 USDOT 4253173 USDOT 2900683 USDOT 3573686 USDOT 919057 USDOT 1909025

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

104

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 85 HEARTLAKE ROAD SOUTH, BRAMPTON, ON, L6W 3K1
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (905) 453-0050
Fax: (866) 612-6219
Email: safety@roadtrainexpress.com
Web domain: roadtrainexpress.com

Registration

Officers: Tejinder S Bimbh · Gurdarshan S Bimbh
USDOT / docket: 1893696 · MC-681443
First registered: May 26, 2009
Last MCS-150: Mar 4, 2026 · 18,895,387 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 1.21
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

104

Power units

104

Drivers

104

CDL drivers

18,895,387

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC.

ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1893696) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $2,000,000 limit in force from LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. effective Dec 9, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 24.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 144 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 61 vehicle-level and 144 driver-level — across 27 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 104 power units and 104 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 4, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 1893696, and its motor carrier number is MC-681443.

Is ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC's safety record?

ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC has a 24.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 222 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC's fleet?

ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC operates 104 power units and 104 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC based?

ROAD TRAIN EXPRESS INC is based in BRAMPTON, ON, with roadside inspections recorded across 27 states.

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