Carrier profile · USDOT 2071213 · MC-723893 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

South Star Logistics Inc

75 power unitsavg 5.2 yrMulti-region · 15 statesFONTANA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-723893 ACTIVE
Verified linkssouthstarlogistics.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 21.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 80 vehicle and 133 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.4% · 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 3.1 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 11

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 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
133
Annualized
≈67 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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 Driving53 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 27 total · 2 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20245035
20233033
20225024
20213013
20201001
20191011
20181011
20171001
20162102
20151001
20131001
20122012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 17, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 10, 2024AZ01Yes
Jun 23, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 20, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 29, 2024MD01Yes
Mar 21, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 22, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 13, 2023CA02Yes
Jun 21, 2023CA01Yes
Dec 7, 2022AZ01Yes
Sep 14, 2022SC00Yes
Jul 7, 2022NM00Yes
May 24, 2022CA00Yes
Feb 21, 2022GA01No
Sep 7, 2021CA01Yes
Sep 1, 2021AZ00Yes
Jul 1, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 21, 2020OK00Yes
Feb 2, 2019CA01Yes
Oct 8, 2018CA01Yes
Mar 27, 2017CA00Yes
Dec 17, 2016NM10Yes
Apr 11, 2016TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2015NV00Yes
Jul 9, 2013TX00Yes