Carrier profile · USDOT 1642642 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Traffic Control Specialists Inc

DBA HIGHSTAR TRAFFIC

102 power unitsLocal · 1 statesKNOX, IN88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkshighstartraffic.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 102-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
102
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
11.16measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 9 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 6 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20242012
20232002
20214014
20203103
20193003
20181001
20173003
20141001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 17, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 2, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 9, 2025IN01Yes
Jul 23, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 11, 2024IN02Yes
Sep 14, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 22, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 19, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 5, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 27, 2021CA00Yes
May 5, 2021IN01Yes
Nov 3, 2020IN00Yes
May 22, 2020IN10Yes
Apr 6, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 6, 2019IN00Yes
Oct 21, 2019IN00Yes
Jul 19, 2019IN00Yes
May 8, 2018IN00Yes
Nov 10, 2017IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2017IN00Yes
Aug 5, 2017IN00Yes
Aug 25, 2014IN00Yes
May 6, 2011IN00Yes