Carrier profile · USDOT 2565724 · MC-895891 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MD United Inc

68 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 38 statesAURORA, IL94/100
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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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 99 vehicle and 212 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

207 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 14

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 68-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
212
Annualized
≈106 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 22 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 6 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
9False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 5 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252022
20244014
20232002
20221001
20212012
20192002
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026WY00Yes
Feb 18, 2026WY00Yes
Nov 21, 2025WA01Yes
Jan 25, 2025WY01Yes
Dec 19, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 2, 2024CA02Yes
Feb 9, 2024ND00Yes
Jan 18, 2024UT00Yes
Aug 29, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 13, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 25, 2022KY00Yes
May 31, 2021OK00Yes
Feb 12, 2021KY01Yes
May 9, 2019ND00Yes
Jan 12, 2019IA00Yes
Nov 17, 2018WY00Yes