Golden Plains Trucking Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 25
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 21
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 37 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 47 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2024 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2023 | KS | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2022 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2021 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2020 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2020 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2018 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2018 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2018 | OK | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2016 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2014 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2013 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2013 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2011 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2010 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2010 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 19, 2009 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2009 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2008 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2008 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2006 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2006 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |