Carrier profile · USDOT 429332 · MC-881182 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

U-haul Co of California

DBA U-HAUL

163 power unitsavg 5.6 yrRegional · 3 statesFREMONT, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-881182 ACTIVE
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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 21.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 55 vehicle and 69 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 9.3 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

67 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 163-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
163
Inspections · 24 mo
69
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving43 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 100 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 4 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20243013
20234114
20213022
20201011
20182002
20111001
20082012
20071011
20061001
20052002
20041011
20021111
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026AZ01Yes
Dec 2, 2025CA01Yes
Apr 28, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 8, 2024CA01Yes
May 15, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 17, 2023CA20Yes
Nov 7, 2023CA00Yes
Jun 5, 2023CA00Yes
May 31, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 5, 2021CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2021CA01No
Jul 23, 2021CA01Yes
May 18, 2020CA02Yes
Sep 27, 2018CA00Yes
Sep 26, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2011CA00Yes
Jul 2, 2008CA01Yes
May 9, 2008CA00Yes
Jul 30, 2007CA02Yes
May 6, 2006CA00Yes
Aug 20, 2005CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2005CA00Yes
Feb 9, 2004CA01Yes
Jun 14, 2002CA11Yes