Carrier profile · USDOT 1747691 · MC-915931 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Gold Star Foods Inc

217 power unitsavg 4.7 yrMulti-region · 13 statesONTARIO, CA94/100
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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 12.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 241 vehicle and 320 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

311 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 21

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 217-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
217
Inspections · 24 mo
321
Annualized
≈161 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving92 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 18 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 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.

2ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 46 total · 8 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20256046
20243022
20234004
20226035
20214014
20202002
20195005
20183023
20174014
20165025
20151001
20131011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 12, 2026GA01Yes
Sep 9, 2025CA00Yes
Aug 1, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 7, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 25, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025PA02Yes
Jan 6, 2025TX02Yes
Dec 13, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 16, 2024CA01Yes
Jan 9, 2024CA01No
Nov 6, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 5, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 22, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 23, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 1, 2022VA01Yes
Oct 2, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 7, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 4, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 13, 2022CA01Yes
Feb 28, 2022CA01No
Oct 26, 2021CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 9, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 7, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2020CA00Yes