Carrier profile · USDOT 536988 · MC-174491 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Star Cartage Co Inc

100 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 11 statesTOLEDO, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-174491 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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 16.0 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 7

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 100-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 78 total · 5 in 24 mo

78
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252112
20241001
20233022
20221001
20214014
20202012
20199038
2018100410
20179059
20161001
20157017
20143023
20134014
20123012
20113003
20101001
20082002
20077037
20061001
20032002
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 26, 2026KY00Yes
May 12, 2026OH00Yes
Oct 4, 2025OH20Yes
Jan 6, 2025OH01Yes
Dec 18, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 10, 2023MI01No
Aug 7, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 24, 2023IN03Yes
Sep 22, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 5, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 11, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 4, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 26, 2021WA01Yes
Jul 30, 2020OH00Yes
Feb 10, 2020TN01Yes
Dec 20, 2019KY01No
Dec 9, 2019OH00Yes
Nov 19, 2019OH01Yes
Nov 15, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 31, 2019TN00Yes
Sep 24, 2019IN00Yes
Sep 17, 2019TN01Yes
Jul 29, 2019IL00Yes
Mar 6, 2019OH00Yes
Dec 12, 2018OH01Yes