Carrier profile · USDOT 227709 · MC-221152 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Red Knight Transportation LLC

DBA RK TRANSPORTATION

200 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 16 statesMATTOON, IL88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-221152 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

200Power units

206 observed · MCS-150

379Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.1Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(217) 235-7102 Email dispatchtread@ruralking.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Clear under the current scoring — review the flagged signal below before loading.

Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1983.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 806 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo11.7%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

16 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

200 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.1 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

43 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1983 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

532 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 11.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 274 vehicle and 532 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.1 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

506 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 31

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 200-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 200
Inspections · 24 mo: 532
Annualized: ≈266 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 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 Driving72 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 33 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 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

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K 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 ’22 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Massachusetts Bay’91–’95

Cincinnati’00–’09

Liberty’14–’18

1991200020092018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION · since Mar 2022

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2021 → Mar 2022	$750K	1
SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION	Mar 2018 → May 2021	$750K	3
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Mar 2014 → Jun 2018	$750K	4
NATIONWIDE AGRIBUSINESS INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2009 → Nov 2009	$750K	4
STATE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2009 → Oct 2009	$750K	2
THE CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2000 → Apr 2009	$750K	2
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1998 → May 2000	$750K	1
AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 1997 → Jun 1998	$750K	2
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Mar 1995 → Jun 1997	$750K	1
MASSACHUSETTS BAY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 1991 → Jul 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 200
Observed power (24 mo): 206
Trailers (towed): 379

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

49.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 16 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

532

KY busiest

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

Home base

MATTOON, IL

4216 DEWITT AVENUE

Top corridor

KY ⇄ IL

KY 138 · OH 130 · IL 68

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: 4 trucks also ran under 4 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4127850 USDOT 3007518 USDOT 308414 USDOT 86787Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (65 trucks · 72 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3341797 USDOT 3527012 USDOT 3809678 USDOT 3915450 USDOT 4366089 USDOT 3242692 USDOT 3546349 USDOT 3784356

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ruralking.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3070093

Shares a company officer with other carriers

don davis — 18 carriers: USDOT 385774 USDOT 951285 USDOT 1077722 USDOT 1538817 USDOT 1588179 USDOT 1601826 USDOT 1640495 USDOT 1828229

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

200

Observed (24 mo)

206

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: 4216 DEWITT AVENUE, MATTOON, IL, 61938
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (217) 235-7102
Fax: (217) 234-3955
Email: tread@ruralking.com
Web domain: ruralking.com

Registration

Officers: Don Davis · Don W Davis
USDOT / docket: 227709 · MC-221152
First registered: Jan 29, 1983
Last MCS-150: Mar 10, 2026 · 21,349,047 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jun 14, 2013
D-U-N-S: 791982531

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

200

Power units

220

Drivers

220

CDL drivers

21,349,047

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 RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC.

RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 227709) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

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

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from SAFETY NATIONAL CASUALTY CORPORATION effective Mar 31, 2022 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 11.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 532 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 274 vehicle-level and 532 driver-level — across 16 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 200 power units and 220 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 10, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jun 14, 2013 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number?

RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's USDOT number is 227709, and its motor carrier number is MC-221152.

Is RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's safety record?

RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC has a 11.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 806 roadside inspections, with 16 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC's fleet?

RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC operates 200 power units and 220 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC based?

RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC is based in MATTOON, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 16 states.

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