Carrier profile · USDOT 2783179 · MC-927085 · Updated Jul 17, 2026

MOONSTAR EXPRESS LLC

29 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 34 statesPHILADELPHIA, PA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-927085 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmoonstarpa.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 26.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 139 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.8% · 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 18.1 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

137 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 13

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
≈2.4 / 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
29
Inspections · 24 mo
139
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 15 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

43 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
15False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 5 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20243013
20232122
20221011
20211011
20191001
20181011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026AL00Yes
Aug 24, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 20, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 29, 2024MA01Yes
Dec 14, 2023KY01Yes
Jun 26, 2023MO11Yes
May 20, 2022CO02Yes
Aug 21, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 20, 2019PA00Yes
Sep 26, 2018CA01Yes