Carrier profile · USDOT 3114510 · MC-84502 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

KG Star Inc

66 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 36 statesROMEOVILLE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-84502 ACTIVE
Verified linkskgstarinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 32.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 213 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.2% · 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 24.2 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

199 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 16

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
≈1.6 / 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
66
Inspections · 24 mo
213
Annualized
≈107 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 27 total · 13 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20258028
20243013
20234113
20225115
20202012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026NC00Yes
May 22, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 28, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 12, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 6, 2026WV01Yes
Dec 23, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 4, 2025LA01Yes
Jul 1, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025IL02Yes
May 20, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 26, 2025LA00Yes
Mar 17, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 22, 2025VA00Yes
Jun 6, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 6, 2024KS00Yes
Mar 26, 2024KY00Yes
Dec 9, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 1, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 6, 2023IN11No
Jun 21, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 10, 2022IL00Yes
Jun 28, 2022IL10Yes
May 5, 2022MO00Yes
Mar 8, 2022KS00Yes
Jan 5, 2022IL01Yes