Carrier profile · USDOT 749383 · MC-339424 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gayle Frerichs Trucking LLC

30 power unitsavg 8.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesTERRE HAUTE, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-339424 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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 45.9 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 1 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20221001
20204013
20182012
20174034
20165025
20151001
20144024
20101011
20091001
20084004
20042012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 9, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 25, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 23, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 7, 2020IL00Yes
Apr 10, 2020OH01No
Mar 19, 2020IN00Yes
Sep 20, 2018IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2018OH010Yes
Aug 19, 2017IL01Yes
Jul 30, 2017IN00Yes
May 15, 2017IN02Yes
Feb 16, 2017MO01Yes
Nov 23, 2016IL02Yes
Aug 9, 2016IL01Yes
Jun 27, 2016IL00Yes
Feb 2, 2016WI00Yes
Jan 28, 2016GA00Yes
Jul 8, 2015MO00Yes
Mar 19, 2014NE00Yes
Mar 10, 2014IN02Yes
Jan 22, 2014IL01Yes
Jan 10, 2014MO00Yes
Feb 1, 2010IL01Yes
Jan 28, 2009TX00Yes