FIVE STARS EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC
USDOT 2113920MC-Docket MC736920LAWRENCE, MA
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FIVE STARS EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2113920) in LAWRENCE, MA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $5,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (PILGRIM INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 16 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-03-16) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0 not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 5 times, most recent 2026-03-16 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2026-02-27 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.84
Hours of service
No alert
measure 1.14
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.71
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 8.33
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Crashes
11
Inspections
4
OOS inspections
10
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $5,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 14
- Total drivers
- 8
- Years in business
- 15
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 10%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 33.3%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 5 times last 2026-03-16
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-01-06
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2026-02-27 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
19
Inspections
6
OOS inspections
35
Violations
12
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-27 → 2026-05-23.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
18 | 8 | 2026-02-19 |
Hours of service 395
|
8 | 0 | 2025-08-16 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
4 | 0 | 2025-09-27 |
CDL standards 383
|
2 | 2 | 2025-09-27 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 2 | 2026-02-19 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Steering - Ball and socket joint has movement greater than 1/8 inch measured with hand pressure | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hydraulic/Electric Brake - Lining/pad thickness less than 1/16 inch on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Mismatched brake chamber sizes on a steering axle | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Wedge type brake(s) out-of-adjustment | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Contaminated friction surface | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hydraulic/Electric Brake - Cracked/loose/missing lining/pad. | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Exhaust System - Other than Gasoline - Exhaust system leaking or discharging under the chassis more than 15 inches (38.1 | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Defective brake(s) are equal to or greater than 20% of the service brakes on the vehicle/combination | OOS |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Missing or inadequate driveshaft protection | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Required emergency exit not properly marked. (does not convey message) | OOS |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-09-27 | Driver Fitness | Endorsements - (CDL) - Operate a CMV without proper endorsements on operators license | OOS |
| 2025-09-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Local Law) - State/local hour of service violation. | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Passenger) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - No user's manual for the driver describing how to operate the ELD. (May be electron | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) Driver failing to have instruction sheet describing the data transfer mechanisms supported by the ELD and step | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have an instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction repo | — |
| 2025-08-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 8 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-02-19 7 viols· 5 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47B-BMBCBD-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83D-ELNGPB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCFSBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47F-B | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
2026-02-19 5 viols· 3 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47D1-BLTHE-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A-BCLMHE | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 89 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 209D-STBSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
2026-02-10 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62-BENM | OOS | — |
2026-02-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
2025-09-27 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDL | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-08-16 7 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-HOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H1-ELDNUM | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2-ELDNISDT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3-ELDMF | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A-HOSPVI | — | — |
2023-09-13 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83(g) | OOS | — |
2023-08-27 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23(a)(2) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24(c)(1)(iii) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(1) | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22(h)(2) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
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