Carrier profile · USDOT 2186770 · MC-759160 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Big Star Transportation LLC

DBA BIG STAR CRUDE CO

137 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 7 statesOKLAHOMA CITY, OK81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-759160 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 22.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 122 vehicle and 130 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.9% · 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 4.8 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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 14

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 137-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
137
Inspections · 24 mo
130
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20241011
20231011
20224014
20211101
20202002
20193033
20182022
20151001
20132012
20122002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026TX01Yes
May 31, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 1, 2024TX01Yes
May 2, 2023TX02Yes
Nov 23, 2022TX00Yes
May 29, 2022UT00Yes
May 15, 2022TX02Yes
Apr 17, 2022KS00Yes
Dec 16, 2021OK10Yes
Aug 1, 2020TX00Yes
May 6, 2020OK00Yes
Sep 2, 2019TX03Yes
Jul 5, 2019TX01Yes
Mar 12, 2019MO02Yes
Jul 1, 2018OK01Yes
Mar 20, 2018TX01Yes
Nov 22, 2015TX00Yes
Aug 14, 2013TX00Yes
Mar 11, 2013TX01Yes
Dec 17, 2012TX00Yes
May 5, 2012TX00Yes