Desert Star Transportation LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
154 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 11
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 46
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 159
- Annualized
- ≈80 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance33 · 10 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
73 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 33 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2026 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2023 | CA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2022 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2021 | UT | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2020 | UT | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 10, 2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 20, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2016 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2014 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2013 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2013 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2013 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2013 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2011 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2009 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2008 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2007 | UT | 0 | 2 | Yes |