Carrier profile · USDOT 2472326 · MC-854955 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

GT EXPRESS INC

83 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 47 statesKANKAKEE, IL80/100
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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 40.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 308 vehicle and 589 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

58.2% · 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 18.2 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

573 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 41

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈3.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
83
Inspections · 24 mo
589
Annualized
≈295 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
79%
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 Driving537 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance119 · 38 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance98 · 91 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance88 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance70 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance54 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance48 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 17 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance30 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

248 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

105ELD device issues
24No log / no ELD
15False logs
88Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 105 total · 23 in 24 mo

105
Total crashes
23
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
2025150415
2024160515
2023190818
2022160216
2021110610
20207047
20197017
20184014
20173003
20164014
20151010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2026WV01No
Feb 5, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 18, 2025GA04Yes
Nov 13, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 13, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 29, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 25, 2025MD00Yes
Jun 18, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 9, 2025MA00Yes
Apr 29, 2025WV00Yes
Apr 6, 2025OK00Yes
Mar 27, 2025OK00Yes
Mar 20, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX01Yes
Mar 13, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 11, 2025WI00Yes
Feb 19, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 30, 2024FL01Yes
Dec 27, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 14, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2024NC01No
Jul 15, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 4, 2024LA00Yes