Great Plains Transport 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
145 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 16
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
- 140
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 154
- Annualized
- ≈77 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 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.
12 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 114 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2025 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2024 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2024 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2023 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 17, 2023 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2022 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2022 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2022 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2022 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2022 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2022 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2022 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2021 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |