Carrier profile · USDOT 127810 · MC-140480 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Graphic Arts Express Inc

36 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesOREGON, IL81/100
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 42 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 31.3 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 6

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 5 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20242002
20231001
20221001
20201011
20191001
20185115
20151011
20141001
20133013
20123123
20063023
20051010
20031001
20021011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2026IL01Yes
Dec 4, 2025IL01Yes
Jul 17, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 29, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 5, 2024TN00Yes
Apr 24, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 6, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 15, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2020IL02Yes
Sep 26, 2019IL00Yes
Jul 24, 2018WY00Yes
Jul 23, 2018IN10Yes
Apr 18, 2018IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2018WY00Yes
Mar 15, 2018IL01Yes
Jul 2, 2015OH01Yes
Mar 3, 2014IL00Yes
Dec 26, 2013SC02Yes
Nov 11, 2013IN00Yes
Feb 27, 2013IL00Yes
Nov 20, 2012WI01Yes
Jul 19, 2012TX00Yes
Apr 2, 2012IL11Yes
Dec 20, 2006IL00Yes
Jul 10, 2006IL01Yes