5 Star Electric LLC
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
34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4
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
- 445
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving19 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 6, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 17, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2025 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2025 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2022 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2020 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2020 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 31, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2016 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |