Carrier profile · USDOT 646835 · MC-301387 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

MOON STAR EXPRESS LLC

DBA MOON STAR EXPRESS

284 power unitsavg 5.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesBELLEVILLE, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-301387 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmoonstarexpress.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 22.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 227 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 8.1 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

223 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 17

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 284-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
284
Inspections · 24 mo
227
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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 Driving134 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 96 total · 13 in 24 mo

96
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20255005
20245105
2023120112
2022101310
2021120012
20205015
20195005
20187027
20177136
20169049
20157027
20142012
20133012
20123003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 17, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH01Yes
Jan 20, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 7, 2025MI00Yes
May 28, 2025MI00Yes
May 21, 2025MI00Yes
May 20, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 2, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MI10Yes
Dec 11, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 30, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 14, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 17, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 22, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 4, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 28, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2023OH02Yes
Aug 28, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 29, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 28, 2023OH00Yes
Jun 16, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 7, 2023MI00Yes
May 19, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 14, 2023MI00Yes