Carrier profile · USDOT 2281146 · MC-779262 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

UNISTAR INTERMODAL & LOGISTICS INC

52 power unitsavg 16.2 yrRegional · 3 statesPOSEN, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-779262 ACTIVE
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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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 36.8 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 6

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 52-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 24 total · 6 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20241001
20233012
20212012
20204024
20191111
20183033
20172012
20161001
20141001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026IN01Yes
Feb 21, 2026IL00Yes
Sep 7, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 19, 2025IL01Yes
Feb 14, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 12, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 3, 2023IL01No
Apr 2, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 1, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 6, 2021IL01Yes
Jun 16, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 30, 2020IL01Yes
Nov 17, 2020IN00Yes
Feb 14, 2020MI01Yes
Jan 9, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2019IL11Yes
Nov 6, 2018IL01Yes
Oct 23, 2018IN02Yes
Aug 27, 2018IL01Yes
Jul 10, 2017IA00Yes
May 16, 2017IL01Yes
Jan 8, 2016IL00Yes
Sep 23, 2014IL00Yes
Dec 20, 2013IL01Yes