Carrier profile · USDOT 907272 · MC-393119 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Tri Star Transport LLC

DBA PREMIER SIGN COMPANY

141 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesNASHVILLE, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-393119 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkstristartransport.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 13.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 173 vehicle and 203 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.9% · 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 2.6 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

198 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 17

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 141-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
141
Inspections · 24 mo
203
Annualized
≈102 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
25%
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 Maintenance37 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 71 total · 10 in 24 mo

71
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256126
20246006
20235035
20222012
20219019
20202002
20196055
20184024
20174033
20163113
20151001
20143013
20132022
20126046
20111010
20102022
20091111
20082012
20072012
20052012
20031011
20011011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 27, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 11, 2025TN01Yes
Jul 20, 2025TN03Yes
Jun 8, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 2, 2025TN10Yes
Jan 20, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 27, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 12, 2024AR00Yes
Sep 1, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 15, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 8, 2024TN00Yes
Nov 4, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 25, 2023TN01Yes
Oct 22, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 6, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 29, 2023TN01Yes
Dec 1, 2022TN02Yes
Sep 14, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 23, 2021TN00Yes
Dec 11, 2021TN00Yes
Dec 8, 2021TN00Yes
Nov 26, 2021TN00Yes
Sep 1, 2021TN00Yes
Jul 20, 2021TN00Yes