Carrier profile · USDOT 3745792 · MC-1327737 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BRIGHT STAR EXPRESS LLC

10 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 17 statesPALOS PARK, IL74/100

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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 53.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 42.8 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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

≈2.0 / 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: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

88%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

.01measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

76%

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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

68 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

39ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

16False logs

10Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 6 total · 5 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025		3	0	2	3
2024		3	0	2	3

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 9, 2025	IN	0	Yes
Mar 23, 2025	MS	1	Yes
Feb 20, 2025	IN	1	Yes
Oct 1, 2024	MS	1	Yes
Sep 10, 2024	NY	1	Yes
Mar 24, 2024	UT	0	Yes