Carrier profile · USDOT 271894 · MC-309975 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GW Gossman Trucking Inc

7 power unitsavg 17.4 yrLocal · 2 statesGARDEN CITY, KS88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-309975 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 14.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.4 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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

≈2.1 / 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: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 29
Annualized: ≈15 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

24%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

96%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 50 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	2	0	1	2
2019	1	0	1	0
2010	1	0	1	1
2006	3	2	2	3
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2003	2	0	0	2
1998	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1994	1	0	1	0
1991	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 9, 2024	KS	0	1	Yes
May 18, 2021	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 16, 2020	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 4, 2020	KS	0	4	Yes
Nov 22, 2019	KS	0	1	No
Sep 2, 2010	KS	0	1	Yes
Sep 30, 2006	OK	1	2	Yes
Sep 30, 2006	OK	1	2	Yes
Apr 24, 2006	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 27, 2005	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 22, 2004	WI	0	0	Yes
Jul 15, 2004	KS	0	1	Yes
Nov 25, 2003	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 5, 2003	KS	0	0	Yes
Dec 29, 1998	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 27, 1996	KS	0	0	Yes
Dec 2, 1994	KS	0	1	No
Jul 23, 1991	KS	0	0	Yes