Carrier profile · USDOT 1335776 · MC-515382 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southstar Trucking Inc

12 power unitsavg 14.7 yrRegional · 5 statesHOUSTON, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-515382 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 52.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 8.2 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 13 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231011
20182022
20171011
20161001
20152002
20142002
20121011
20111011
20102002
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 10, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2023LA01Yes
Oct 20, 2018FL01Yes
Jan 17, 2018TX01Yes
Nov 17, 2017OK02Yes
May 3, 2016TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2015KY00Yes
Feb 16, 2015TX00Yes
Sep 11, 2014TX00Yes
May 5, 2014OK00Yes
Apr 25, 2012GA04Yes
Feb 18, 2011TX01Yes
Dec 16, 2010TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2010TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2007TX00Yes