Carrier profile · USDOT 1963891 · MC-696023 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

G4 EXPRESS INC

28 power unitsavg 13.8 yrNational · 17 statesLAREDO, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-696023 ACTIVE
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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 40.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 66 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 6.8 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 9

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 10 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 2 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20222012
20212002
20201001
20193023
20181001
20175124
20162002
20159058
20142002
20131001
20123012
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 18, 2026AR00Yes
Jul 29, 2022TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2022IN01Yes
Dec 7, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 10, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 24, 2020MO00Yes
Dec 15, 2019MO02Yes
Jul 12, 2019VA01Yes
May 6, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2018LA00Yes
Oct 19, 2017VA10No
Sep 26, 2017KS00Yes
Jul 11, 2017TX01Yes
Jul 6, 2017TX01Yes
Feb 25, 2017TX00Yes
Aug 11, 2016IL00Yes
Jan 13, 2016AR00Yes
Dec 6, 2015TX06Yes
Oct 19, 2015NC01Yes
Sep 26, 2015IL01Yes
Sep 22, 2015TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2015NJ00Yes
Jun 17, 2015TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2015TN01No