Carrier profile · USDOT 2857893 · MC-959415 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

GD TRANS INC

45 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 16 statesCARSON, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-959415 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 17.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 209 vehicle and 225 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.2% · 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 3.9 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

254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 30

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
263
Annualized
≈132 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving86 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
20False logs
18Drove over hours

Trending worse — 96% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 4 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254034
20243013
20231001
20221001
20211011
20201001
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 29, 2025TX03Yes
Mar 31, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2025NM01Yes
Jan 3, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 29, 2024CA00Yes
May 2, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024CA01Yes
Jun 15, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 20, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 5, 2020CA00Yes
Feb 25, 2019CA00Yes