Carrier profile · USDOT 325836 · MC-1742035 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

TRI STAR FREIGHT SYSTEM INC

141 power unitsavg 11.8 yrNational · 28 statesHOUSTON, TX63/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-1742035 BROKER ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstristarfreightsys.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 33.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 178 vehicle and 263 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.2% · 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 4.7 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

250 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 18

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 141-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
141
Inspections · 24 mo
263
Annualized
≈132 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Maintenance90 · 17 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving82 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance54 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance48 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 36 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance33 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 22 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

42ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
24False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 266 total · 4 in 24 mo

266
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
93
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20251011
20244014
20235014
20224013
20218118
2020121311
2019100310
20185035
20178017
20168167
20157147
20147007
201310049
2012100310
2011131412
20109119
20098047
20085015
20078037
2006141813
2005110311
2004110510
200310128
20029039
20015035
20007046
19994014
19986016
19976026
19962012
1995100510
19948057
19935015
1992110210
19912002
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 25, 2026SD02Yes
Nov 19, 2025VA01Yes
Sep 18, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 3, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 28, 2024GA01Yes
Apr 22, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 25, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 22, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023MD00Yes
Apr 10, 2023TX01No
Dec 2, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 21, 2022TX01No
Jun 8, 2022AR00Yes
May 4, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 16, 2021NM11Yes
Oct 30, 2021GA00Yes
Oct 26, 2021KY00Yes
Sep 22, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 22, 2021GA00Yes
Jun 8, 2021GA00Yes
Mar 17, 2021GA00Yes
Mar 8, 2021GA00Yes
Dec 4, 2020TX00Yes