Carrier profile · USDOT 2020842 · MC-710955 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Freightstar Expedited LLC

144 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 45 statesWEST CHICAGO, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-710955 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 390 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

51.9% · 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 21.0 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

376 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 34

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 144-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
144
Inspections · 24 mo
390
Annualized
≈195 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Alert
49%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
89%
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 Driving263 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance74 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance72 · 20 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance68 · 60 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance53 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance52 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance50 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance40 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

235 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

133ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
53False logs
25Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 88 total · 23 in 24 mo

88
Total crashes
23
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268148
2025120512
2024120412
2023140413
2022121610
20217027
20203003
20194124
20184104
20177027
20163003
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 17, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 25, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 18, 2026NJ01Yes
Mar 16, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2026CO01Yes
Feb 23, 2026NM11Yes
Jan 16, 2026WY00Yes
Dec 17, 2025ME00Yes
Oct 12, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 16, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 29, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 18, 2025IN01Yes
Apr 3, 2025TX02Yes
Apr 2, 2025IN01Yes
Mar 8, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 8, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 5, 2025WY01Yes
Feb 2, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 17, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 1, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 8, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 3, 2024WV01Yes