Carrier profile · USDOT 3742307 · MC-1325217 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

RAY STAR LLC

95 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 32 statesLOMBARD, IL62/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1325217 INACTIVE
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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 39.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 172 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.7% · 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 2.4 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

162 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 18

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
172
Annualized
≈86 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
79%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 39 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
17False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 9 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257046
20244014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2025NE01Yes
Jul 1, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 12, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 18, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 13, 2025MD01Yes
Jan 26, 2025MD02No
Jan 23, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 30, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 9, 2024PA00Yes
Jun 7, 2024KS00Yes
Feb 7, 2024ID00Yes