GOLD COST EXPRESS LLC
USDOT 3410119MC-Docket MC1099260COLUMBUS, OH
Review before tendering16 power units
GOLD COST EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 3410119) in COLUMBUS, OH — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 5 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 107.28 — elevated vs peers.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2024-07-18 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 3.52
Hours of service
No alert
measure 2.96
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 9.22
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
5
Crashes
26
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
9
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 16
- Total drivers
- 18
- Years in business
- 6
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 5 of 5 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 107.28Elevated vs peers
- Driver OOS rate
- 11.5%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 4 times last 2024-07-18
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-21
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
29
Inspections
8
OOS inspections
82
Violations
12
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-07-12 → 2026-05-05.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-03-13
TX
Tow-away
2025-12-01
IN
Tow-away
2025-10-18
OK
Tow-away
2025-06-12
OH
Tow-away
2025-03-27
TN
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
35 | 9 | 2026-04-10 |
Hours of service 395
|
27 | 3 | 2025-08-24 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
8 | 0 | 2025-12-11 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
7 | 0 | 2025-07-25 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2026-05-05 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Inoperable or missing tractor protection valve | OOS |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-12-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-12-11 | Unsafe Driving | Lane Restriction violation | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-11-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-08-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - On request by an authorized safety official a driver must produce and transfer from an ELD the driver's hour | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy - Connections to Power Unit | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Tubing and Hose Adequacy Under Vehicle | — |
| 2025-07-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Leak from air chamber | — |
| 2025-06-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driver produces a false record of duty status that concealed an HOS limitation violation after the last | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Trailers lower rear retro reflective sheeting inadequate on vehicle manufactured on or after Decem | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2025-06-02 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify shipping document number. | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-05-28 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | OOS |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-05-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | — |
| 2025-05-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2025-05-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD | — |
| 2025-05-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-05-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving after being on duty more than 70 hours in the previous 8 consecutive days. Date and Time | OOS |
| 2025-05-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2025-05-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-03-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - A portable ELD is not mounted in a fixed position and visible to the driver when seated in the normal drivin | — |
| 2025-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-02-20 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cab and Body Parts - Door missing/broken | — |
| 2025-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-01-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - No driver may make a false report in connection with a duty status. Explain | — |
| 2024-10-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone | — |
| 2024-10-24 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 20 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 9-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-10 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2026-01-15 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43A-TPV | OOS | — |
2025-12-19 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-12-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2LV | — | — |
2025-11-10 5 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCHL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-08-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24D-ELDPT | — | — |
2025-07-25 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45PC | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-LC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45UV | — | — |
2025-06-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
2025-06-02 20 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III-ELDSDN | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPDOOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A3II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II-ELDTN | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11B-CSLRR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
2025-05-28 6 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | OOS | — |
2025-05-24 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E | — | — |
2025-05-05 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-05-01 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3B2-HOSPD | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
2025-03-06 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
2025-02-20 4 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
2025-02-10 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203A-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
2024-10-24 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSWZ | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2024-10-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2023-07-12 13 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21T(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(ii) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(2)(iii) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
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