Carrier profile · USDOT 2589709 · MC-908209 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Truckstar Inc

DBA TRUCKSTAR

100 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 35 statesWILLOWBROOK, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-908209 ACTIVE
Verified linkstruckstarinc.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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 202 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 11.3 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

200 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
202
Annualized
≈101 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving109 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
11False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 6 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20252122
20246006
20232002
2022100010
20216036
20207237
2019110311
20188008
20172022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026AL01Yes
Feb 18, 2026GA01Yes
May 16, 2025NC11Yes
Apr 29, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 12, 2024LA00Yes
Nov 18, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 10, 2024OH00Yes
Jun 12, 2024MD00Yes
Apr 24, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 16, 2024AR00Yes
Dec 26, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 5, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 19, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 9, 2022KY00Yes
Jul 25, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2022OK00Yes
Jun 29, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 28, 2022AR00Yes
May 12, 2022FL00Yes
Apr 17, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 7, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 2, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 18, 2021NM00Yes
Sep 14, 2021GA01Yes
Jul 17, 2021MO02Yes