Carrier profile · USDOT 572866 · MC-278020 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

William Allen Brooks Jr

DBA SOUTHERN STAR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

7 power unitsavg 10.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesSHELBY, NC74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278020 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

7Power units

9 observed · MCS-150

8Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.9Avg age (yr)

2001–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(704) 312-6036 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 3

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average66.7% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average9.1% vs the 6.7% national average.Multiple injury crashes4 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo66.7%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

7 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.9 yr

Model years 2001–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 66.67% on 6 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
CheckConfirm ELD provider and check recent HOS violations dates
14 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Aug 20, 2026.

Safety

22 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 66.7%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 22 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 66.7 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’26 · 8 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

Carolina’02–’09

Great West’09–’15

Progressive Southeastern’15–’22

Canal’22–’26

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jan 2026

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2022 → Jan 2026	$1M	4
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2015 → Jan 2022	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Dec 2009 → Jan 2015	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2002 → Dec 2009	$1M	8
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2001 → Mar 2002	$1M	3
PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 1999 → Dec 2001	$1M	2
THE CONNECTICUT INDEMNITY CO.	Nov 1998 → Dec 1999	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Nov 1997 → Nov 1997	$1M	1
TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 1997 → Nov 1998	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Nov 1995 → Nov 1997	$1M	3
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Nov 1994 → Nov 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 7
Observed power (24 mo): 9
Trailers (towed): 8

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2001

Oldest model yr

94.1%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 9 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

North Carolina: 11 inspections
Tennessee: 2 inspections
South Carolina: 2 inspections
Georgia: 2 inspections
Ohio: 1 inspections
Virginia: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
Louisiana: 1 inspections

Home base

SHELBY, NC

4517 FALLSTON ROAD

Most inspections: NC

11 inspections

NC 11 · TN 2 · SC 2

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (8 trucks · 8 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4268070 USDOT 4344038 USDOT 2042754 USDOT 3626009 USDOT 1400949 USDOT 2309316 USDOT 1453852 USDOT 21800

Shares a company officer with other carriers

william brooks — 14 carriers: USDOT 301313 USDOT 935298 USDOT 1116198 USDOT 1302296 USDOT 1306675 USDOT 1340182 USDOT 1388903 USDOT 1604532

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 4517 FALLSTON ROAD, SHELBY, NC, 28150
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (704) 312-6036
Email: [email protected]

Registration

Officer: William Brooks
USDOT / docket: 572866 · MC-278020
First registered: Aug 25, 1994
Last MCS-150: Apr 15, 2026 · 653,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

653,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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67%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

4 of 6 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

45violation records

11OOS-tagged records

4 of 6inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Other vehicle maintenance

1421%3 / 14

Hours of service

90%0 / 9

Unsafe driving

813%1 / 8

Brakes

729%2 / 7

Lights

450%2 / 4

Driver fitness

3100%3 / 3

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

100%

15%

30%

0%Nov 24 to May 250 / 1

100%May 25 to Nov 251 / 1

n/aNov 25 to May 260 / 0

75%May 26 to Nov 263 / 4

Top 3 codes (11 of 45 records)

395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection4
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)3

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395.24 ELD — record edits / data3
393.104B-C Cargo securement — tiedowns2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
383.23A2 Operating without a valid CDL1
383.23A2-LCDLN Operating without a valid CDL1
391.41APC No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-INAT State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLILC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.22A-D Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.22B-DFPWD Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.100B-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.110B2I-C Cargo securement — number of tiedowns1
393.11A1-LCL Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.205A-WRBH Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects1
393.48A-BI-SA Brakes inoperative1
393.51C-BAPG Brake warning devices1
393.55C1-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A4-EENA Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data1

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR.

WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR (USDOT 572866) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SPINNAKER INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jan 29, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 66.7% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 22 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 6 vehicle-level and 22 driver-level — across 9 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 7 power units and 8 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR's USDOT number?

WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR's USDOT number is 572866, and its motor carrier number is MC-278020.

Is WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR's safety record?

WILLIAM ALLEN BROOKS JR has a 66.7% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 39 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).