Carrier profile · USDOT 3196414 · MC-152092 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Lightning Star LLC

1 power unitavg 5.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesMAINEVILLE, OH100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152092 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

7 observed · MCS-150

10Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.9Avg age (yr)

2011–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(619) 760-6189 Email dispatchlightstarllc1@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 30, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 8 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2018.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 16 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.9 yr

Model years 2011–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

7 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2018 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

12 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 14.3%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 — 7 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 26.2 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 5

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

≈6.0 / 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: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈6.0 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Wesco’19–’21

Great West’21–’24

Occidental Fire’24–’25

2019202120232025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 5 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since May 2026

All 5 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2026 → May 2026	$750K	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Feb 2026	$750K	2
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Sep 2024 → Sep 2025	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2021 → Oct 2024	$750K	3
WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2019 → Sep 2021	$750K	4

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 7
Trailers (towed): 10

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2011

Oldest model yr

88.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 11 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

MAINEVILLE, OH

2849 MACINTOSH LN APT A

Top corridor

CA ⇄ OH

CA 2 · KY 1 · OH 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 9 trucks also ran under 11 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3730428 USDOT 4375439 USDOT 3793348 USDOT 4255406 USDOT 3470722 USDOT 3934118 USDOT 4387941 USDOT 3638647Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (12 trucks · 18 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3706 USDOT 3537161 USDOT 3730428 USDOT 4375439 USDOT 2921517 USDOT 3793348 USDOT 4255406 USDOT 3470722

Shares a company officer with other carriers

mohamed essa — 2 carriers: USDOT 3015342

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 2849 MACINTOSH LN APT A, MAINEVILLE, OH, 45039-9349
Mailing address: 1363 10TH ST NW APT # 202, NEW BRIGHTON, MN, 55112
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (619) 760-6189
Email: lightstarllc1@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Bobur Khabiev · Mohamed Essa
USDOT / docket: 3196414 · MC-152092
First registered: Oct 4, 2018
Last MCS-150: Jul 29, 2026 · 2,790,666 mi (2026)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,790,666

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

Aug 27, 2026Authority history changeMotor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Carrier record changeInactive · Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Aug 27, 2026Insurance history changeBIPD · Aug 26, 2026 · 750000

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for LIGHTNING STAR LLC.

LIGHTNING STAR LLC (USDOT 3196414) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective May 6, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier received 12 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 7 vehicle-level and 12 driver-level — across 11 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 30, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 29, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is LIGHTNING STAR LLC's USDOT number?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC's USDOT number is 3196414, and its motor carrier number is MC-152092.

Is LIGHTNING STAR LLC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 30, 2026, LIGHTNING STAR LLC is inactive in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is LIGHTNING STAR LLC's safety record?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC has a 14.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 16 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).

How big is LIGHTNING STAR LLC's fleet?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is LIGHTNING STAR LLC based?

LIGHTNING STAR LLC is based in MAINEVILLE, OH, with roadside inspections recorded across 11 states.

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