STAR EXPRESS TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 3137986 MC# 97282 Westminster, CA Authorized For-Hire
(714) 365-3990 dispatch@starexpresstransportation.com 8852 Pacheco Ave, Westminster CA 92683
7 tractors · all owned 13 drivers
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
8 yrs history · 12 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
13 · 13
Annual miles
73k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 7 0 0 7
Trailers 8 0 0 8

Registration

Registered
05-17-2018 (8 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-11-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
BALKARAN SINGH

Cargo

58.7
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages Dry Bulk Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.73× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 4 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.97× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.57× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +12%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 English proficiency, 1 hours of service (Nov 2025 – Jun 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    25.0% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (3 of 12). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.97× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Jun 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
4
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
12
42% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
3 of 12
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
4 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in California (about 23 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26
vs 57,512 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.286 0.043
Inspections 1.29 1.58
Violations 0.86 1.56
Critical violations 0.29 0.29

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 1 OOS
    Tires 2 · Lights 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    False log 1 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    English proficiency 2
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Sep
    18
    2025
    Nevada
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jun
    15
    2025
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • May
    19
    2025
    Arizona
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Nov
    15
    2024
    Virginia
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Knight Specialty Insurance Company
on record since Oct 7, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 2018
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: CANAL INSURANCE CO. → Knight Specialty Insurance Company (Oct 2025); SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY → CANAL INSURANCE CO. (Jul 2025)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Oct 7, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jul 19, 2018)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • California (HQ) 3
  • New Mexico 3
  • Indiana 2
  • Arizona 1
  • Illinois 1
  • Missouri 1
  • Nevada 1