Carrier profile · USDOT 538508 · MC-268241 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Great Plains Transport Inc

140 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 38 statesFARGO, ND63/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-268241 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 24.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 4.6 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

145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 16

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 140-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
140
Inspections · 24 mo
154
Annualized
77 / yr
Coverage
0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 40 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
3False logs
9Drove over hours

12 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 114 total · 3 in 24 mo

114
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20244014
20237016
20229039
20218028
2020100110
20194004
20187017
20176106
2016111511
20154013
20143031
20134013
20122002
20116046
20105035
20096125
20081001
20073023
20063013
20043003
20021001
20012002
19991001
19981011
19972022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 28, 2025MN01Yes
Oct 21, 2024WI00Yes
Oct 15, 2024AR00Yes
Jul 10, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 12, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 28, 2023MT00Yes
Sep 26, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 25, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 13, 2023KS00Yes
Sep 5, 2023MS00Yes
Aug 17, 2023GA01No
Mar 17, 2023ND00Yes
Nov 15, 2022MN00Yes
Oct 28, 2022TX02Yes
Sep 7, 2022OK01Yes
Aug 7, 2022CA00Yes
Jul 17, 2022KS00Yes
Jun 8, 2022KY00Yes
May 12, 2022MN01Yes
May 12, 2022MN00Yes
Apr 6, 2022SD00Yes
Nov 9, 2021MT00Yes
Aug 23, 2021TX01Yes
Jul 12, 2021GA01Yes
Jul 8, 2021TX00Yes