Carrier profile · USDOT 2423516 · MC-834879 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

UCL TRANS INC

7 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 2 statesSAVANNAH, GA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-834879 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 19.4 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 Jan '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 6 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263033
20253023
20232012
20221001
20212002
20201011
20191001
20172002
20161001
20153013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 28, 2026GA05Yes
Feb 12, 2026GA01Yes
Oct 28, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 28, 2025GA01Yes
May 13, 2025GA01Yes
Dec 7, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 10, 2023GA01Yes
Jan 10, 2022GA00Yes
Dec 13, 2021GA00Yes
Jul 2, 2021GA00Yes
Sep 4, 2020GA01Yes
Dec 16, 2019GA00Yes
Oct 13, 2017GA00Yes
Aug 29, 2017GA00Yes
Jan 5, 2016GA00Yes
Sep 2, 2015GA00Yes
Jun 29, 2015GA00Yes
May 13, 2015FL02Yes