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DBA UNIVERSAL
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 13
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 98
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 100
- Annualized
- ≈50 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving94 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 9 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 13 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 198 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 | |
| 2002 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 13 | |
| 1994 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1993 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 11 | |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2025 | IA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2024 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2024 | OK | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2024 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Nov 9, 2023 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2023 | NM | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 18, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2019 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2017 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2017 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2015 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2014 | IL | 2 | 2 | Yes |