Carrier profile · USDOT 2293586 · MC-829234 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Rafa Trans Inc

90 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 34 statesDARIEN, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-829234 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

90Power units

66 observed · MCS-150

67Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.7Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(630) 225-8231 Email dispatchrafatransinc@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 3, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average45.9% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record4 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 14 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2012.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.9%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

10 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

90 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.7 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

14 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2012 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

165 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 45.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 165 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.0% · 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 7.6 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

153 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 13

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 90-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 90
Inspections · 24 mo: 165
Annualized: ≈83 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 23 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving6 · 6 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$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 ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Spirit Commercial’14–’16

State Nationalspecialty’16–’18

Transverse Specialty’23–’25

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jul 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Jul 2025	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Jan 2025	$750K	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Aug 2022 → Aug 2022	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2022 → Jul 2023	$750K	3
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jul 2021 → Aug 2022	$750K	2
PROTECTIVE INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2020 → Jul 2021	$750K	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Aug 2020	$750K	2
GUIDEONE SPECIALTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO	Jul 2018 → Jul 2019	$750K	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Sep 2016 → Jul 2018	$750K	3
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Sep 2014 → Sep 2016	$750K	2
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2013 → Sep 2014	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 90
Observed power (24 mo): 66
Trailers (towed): 67

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

74.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 34 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

164

TX busiest

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

Home base

DARIEN, IL

805 PLAINFIELD RD STE 217B

Top corridor

TX ⇄ IL

TX 16 · IN 11 · KY 11

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: 8 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2341717 USDOT 3585649 USDOT 2802097 USDOT 2533963 USDOT 3975637 USDOT 92693 USDOT 2467618Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (44 trucks · 38 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1948956 USDOT 2535440 USDOT 3059104 USDOT 3150981 USDOT 2639990 USDOT 3296172 USDOT 3442888 USDOT 4125872

Shares a company officer with other carriers

pavle bikov — 2 carriers: USDOT 3798090

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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: 805 PLAINFIELD RD STE 217B, DARIEN, IL, 60561
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (630) 225-8231
Email: rafatransinc@gmail.com

Registration

Officer: Pavle Bikov
USDOT / docket: 2293586 · MC-829234
First registered: Apr 10, 2012
Last MCS-150: Jun 29, 2026 · 6,090,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

6,090,000

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 RAFA TRANS INC.

RAFA TRANS INC (USDOT 2293586) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 3, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jul 11, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 45.9% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier received 165 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 85 vehicle-level and 165 driver-level — across 34 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

The carrier has 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 3, 2026.

It reports 90 power units and 90 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jun 29, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 3, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is RAFA TRANS INC's USDOT number?

RAFA TRANS INC's USDOT number is 2293586, and its motor carrier number is MC-829234.

Is RAFA TRANS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 3, 2026, RAFA TRANS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is RAFA TRANS INC's safety record?

RAFA TRANS INC has a 45.9% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 246 roadside inspections, with 10 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is RAFA TRANS INC's fleet?

RAFA TRANS INC operates 90 power units and 90 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is RAFA TRANS INC based?

RAFA TRANS INC is based in DARIEN, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 34 states.

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