Carrier profile · USDOT 54988 · MC-135283 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Grand Island Express Inc

DBA GRAND ISLAND EXPRESS

158 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 26 statesGRAND ISLAND, NE81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-135283 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 25.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 241 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.6 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

238 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 19

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 158-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
158
Inspections · 24 mo
241
Annualized
≈121 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving161 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 31 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

43 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 236 total · 10 in 24 mo

236
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256016
20248018
20238028
20227017
2021130113
20205015
20193003
20188008
20175015
20167037
20157137
20148038
20136026
20123033
20115025
201010149
200910049
20087017
20079048
2006122411
20059029
20047027
20034004
20028145
20018018
20004104
19996035
1998151514
19977147
19964043
19955124
19944133
19935005
19921001
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 24, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 19, 2025NE00Yes
Nov 16, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 3, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 11, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2025NE00Yes
Dec 20, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 14, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 11, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 3, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 15, 2024NE00Yes
Jan 12, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 4, 2024MA00Yes
Dec 25, 2023NE01Yes
Jul 19, 2023NE01Yes
May 19, 2023MO00Yes
Apr 20, 2023IL00Yes
Apr 16, 2023OK00Yes
Apr 3, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 1, 2023IA00Yes
Jan 30, 2023NE00Yes
Dec 29, 2022NE01Yes
Oct 19, 2022VA00Yes