Carrier profile · USDOT 1655728 · MC-609621 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FRANCIS TRANS INC

DBA GEFRAN CARGO

41 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 22 statesGRAND PRAIRIE, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-609621 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 40.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

97 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
102
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

50 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
8False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 5 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252122
20242012
20231001
20221001
20212011
20202012
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 6, 2026ME00Yes
Jan 16, 2026PA00Yes
Aug 28, 2025AR01Yes
Jul 23, 2025ME11Yes
Oct 1, 2024CT00Yes
May 17, 2024NY01Yes
Sep 2, 2023VA00Yes
May 2, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 18, 2021TX01No
Aug 28, 2020AR00Yes
Jan 15, 2020AL01Yes
Apr 3, 2019MA00Yes