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FREIGHTSTAR EXPEDITED LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 45.1% (24-mo)175 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1% (24-mo)415 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

20.5% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 15.2 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 144-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
144
Inspections · 24 mo
415
Annualized
≈208 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
71%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
89%
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 Driving263
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance74 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance72 · 20 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance68 · 60 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance53
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance53
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance52 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance50 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance40 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27

ELD & hours-of-service

235 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/21/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

133ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
53False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 88 total · 24 in 24 mo

88
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268148
2025120512
2024120412
2023140413
2022121610
20217027
20203003
20194124
20184104
20177027
20163003
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
05/23/2026IN01Yes
04/17/2026TX00Yes
03/25/2026NC00Yes
03/18/2026NJ01Yes
03/16/2026MO00Yes
03/03/2026CO01Yes
02/23/2026NM11Yes
01/16/2026WY00Yes
12/17/2025ME00Yes
10/12/2025GA01Yes
06/16/2025TN00Yes
04/29/2025TN00Yes
04/18/2025IN01Yes
04/03/2025TX02Yes
04/02/2025IN01Yes
03/08/2025AL00Yes
03/08/2025KY00Yes
02/05/2025WY01Yes
02/02/2025IN00Yes
01/06/2025IL00Yes
12/19/2024OH01Yes
10/17/2024TN00Yes
10/01/2024IL00Yes
09/08/2024NC02Yes
07/03/2024WV01Yes