Carrier profile · USDOT 1986353 · MC-703067 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Americanstar Transport LLC

201 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 42 statesNORTH RICHLAND, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-703067 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksamericanstartransport.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 13.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 214 vehicle and 505 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · 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 1.7 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

492 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 32

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 201-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
201
Inspections · 24 mo
505
Annualized
≈253 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving169 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

109 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

68ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
17False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 59 total · 18 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025100510
2024100310
20236026
20225015
20215015
20204024
20196036
20184014
20141001
20132002
20111001
20091101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 7, 2026AZ00Yes
Apr 15, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 29, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 23, 2026CO01Yes
Nov 22, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 27, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 27, 2025SC01Yes
Jul 23, 2025OK00Yes
May 19, 2025CO03Yes
Mar 5, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 11, 2025NY02Yes
Jan 20, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 17, 2025NY00Yes
Dec 12, 2024MA04Yes
Dec 2, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 9, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 24, 2024WY00Yes
Jul 10, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 24, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 9, 2024CA01Yes
Mar 14, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 14, 2024OK00Yes
Jan 6, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 21, 2023NY01Yes