Carrier profile · USDOT 2448580 · MC-845093 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Alpinestar Express LLC

28 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 28 statesBRISTOL, CT74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-845093 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksalpinestarexpress.comFMCSA SAFER

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 34.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 11.2 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 28-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
63%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving36 · 1 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 5 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253003
20241001
20231001
20221001
20193033
20181010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 18, 2026CT00Yes
Apr 14, 2026NC01Yes
Dec 20, 2025CT00Yes
Apr 1, 2025NJ00Yes
Mar 17, 2025MO00Yes
May 16, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 21, 2023WI00Yes
Sep 15, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 25, 2019CT01Yes
Oct 7, 2019PA01Yes
Jul 3, 2019NY02Yes
Aug 21, 2018OH01No