Carrier profile · USDOT 623971 · MC-296914 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GTC FREIGHT LLC

6 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 4 statesFRESNO, CA60/100

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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 31.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 86 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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

≈7.2 / 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: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 86
Annualized: ≈43 / yr
Coverage: ≈7.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

62%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

43%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

61%

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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 3 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

5False logs

1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 6 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2017	1	1	1	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2001	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 30, 2025	OR	0	0	Yes
Jul 7, 2017	CA	2	2	Yes
Nov 30, 2014	NM	0	4	Yes
Oct 14, 2013	OK	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2003	CA	0	1	Yes
Dec 3, 2001	AZ	0	0	Yes