Northstar Energy Solutions LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
62 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 635
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 62
- Annualized
- ≈31 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 4 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 51 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 13, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2021 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2020 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2020 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2015 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |