Carrier profile · USDOT 20293 · MC-99685 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

G I Trucking Company

DBA ESTES WEST

2,304 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 25 statesLA MIRADA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-99685 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 16.3%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 — 1,124 vehicle and 1,486 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.0% · 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

1,471 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 83

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,304-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,304
Inspections · 24 mo
1,494
Annualized
≈747 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving439 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance195 · 55 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance176 · 65 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance136 · 113 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance117 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance77 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance57 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance53 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance46 · 6 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving37 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

137 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

100ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 797 total · 78 in 24 mo

797
Total crashes
78
In last 24 mo
33
Fatal
237
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026180518
20254641346
2024410940
20235301353
20224421144
2021271426
2020342832
20193721332
2018341834
2017271725
2016293629
2015282527
2014220621
2013181618
20122231119
2011180717
2010254825
2009211821
2008231921
2007190519
2006320932
2005250924
2004140514
2003181517
2002131413
2001131512
2000150215
19999049
1998120410
19978057
19965035
19958036
199412259
19935045
19928047
199110026
19903020
19891000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026OR00Yes
Jul 20, 2026NM01Yes
Jul 14, 2026NM00Yes
Jun 20, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 17, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2026CA01Yes
May 26, 2026WY00Yes
Apr 25, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 5, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 2, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 25, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2026OR00Yes
Mar 6, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 25, 2026NM01Yes
Feb 18, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 17, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 20, 2026OR00Yes
Dec 31, 2025NV00Yes
Dec 18, 2025UT00Yes
Dec 16, 2025ID00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WA00Yes
Dec 4, 2025CO00Yes
Nov 19, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2025TX01Yes