Carrier profile · USDOT 2425410 · MC-835687 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

Shining Star Trans Inc

DBA SST

10 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 7 statesMANTECA, CA69/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-835687 NO AUTHORITYRATED CONDITIONAL
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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 31.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 4.8 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
43%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
71%
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 Driving24 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241010
20232012
20211011
20204034
20162002
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 14, 2024TX01No
Mar 11, 2023CA01Yes
Jan 20, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2021CA01Yes
Dec 13, 2020NM01Yes
Oct 14, 2020CA03Yes
May 29, 2020CA00Yes
May 5, 2020CA01Yes
Nov 17, 2016CA00Yes
Oct 14, 2016AZ00Yes
Feb 27, 2015TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2015TX00Yes