Carrier profile · USDOT 608224 · MC-292914 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

WINDSTAR LINES INC

1 power unitavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 15 statesCARROLL, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-292914 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 1.6%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 — 129 vehicle and 64 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 2.7 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
68.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
137
Annualized
69 / yr
Coverage
68.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
4%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 6 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263113
20253033
20241001
20231011
20192021
20184033
20174013
20163013
20153003
20141010
20132002
20102012
20082012
20071001
20061001
20051001
20031011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026UT11Yes
Mar 23, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 12, 2026FL00Yes
Sep 20, 2025MO05Yes
Apr 6, 2025NV01Yes
Mar 13, 2025IA01Yes
Apr 8, 2024WI00Yes
Apr 15, 2023NE01Yes
Aug 2, 2019IL01Yes
Jun 28, 2019IN01No
Oct 2, 2018IL00Yes
Sep 29, 2018IL02Yes
Sep 12, 2018IA01No
Feb 4, 2018MN01Yes
Nov 18, 2017IA00Yes
Oct 2, 2017IA01No
Jul 18, 2017IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2017MN00Yes
Oct 15, 2016WI00Yes
Apr 28, 2016IA01Yes
Mar 23, 2016SD00Yes
Sep 28, 2015OH00Yes
May 11, 2015TN00Yes
May 3, 2015NE00Yes
Sep 12, 2014IA01No