Carrier profile · USDOT 2156174 · MC-749539 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

7 Star Logistics Inc

10 power unitsavg 10.4 yrLocal · 1 statesLONG BEACH, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-749539 ACTIVE

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 7.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.8% · 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 5.6 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

88 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 20

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
5.5 / 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
10
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
55 / yr
Coverage
5.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
31%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 29, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20211001
20182102
20172002
20161001
20153003
20142012
20132012
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 3, 2018CA00Yes
Mar 8, 2018CA10Yes
Aug 3, 2017CA00Yes
Jan 11, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2016CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2015CA00Yes
May 25, 2015CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2015CA00Yes
May 2, 2014CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2014CA00Yes
Nov 22, 2013CA00Yes
Jul 1, 2013CA02Yes
Oct 16, 2012CA01Yes