Carrier profile · USDOT 1438 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AUSTIN URETHANE INC

13 power unitsavg 15.4 yrRegional · 5 statesAMERICUS, GA87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksaustinurethane.comFMCSA SAFER

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 20.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
Vehicle Maintenance
4.3measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20241011
20222002
20212002
20202012
20192002
20182012
20161010
20151011
20131001
20121001
20102002
20092011
20052012
20042022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 9, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 16, 2025FL02Yes
Dec 11, 2024FL02Yes
Oct 4, 2022TN00Yes
Aug 22, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 16, 2021GA00Yes
Jun 15, 2021FL00Yes
Oct 29, 2020FL00Yes
May 7, 2020FL01Yes
Oct 25, 2019GA00Yes
Aug 12, 2019FL00Yes
Oct 9, 2018GA00Yes
May 19, 2018FL01Yes
Jan 19, 2016GA01No
May 29, 2015FL01Yes
Jul 19, 2013GA00Yes
Oct 1, 2012GA00Yes
Feb 3, 2010GA00Yes
Feb 3, 2010GA00Yes
Dec 21, 2009AL00Yes
Nov 23, 2009GA01No
May 26, 2005GA02Yes
Apr 1, 2005GA00Yes
Dec 20, 2004FL01Yes
Nov 3, 2004GA01Yes