Carrier profile · USDOT 63904 · MC-167376 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Unifirst Corporation

DBA SPECIALTY APPAREL UNICLEAN SERVICES UNIFIRST

3,143 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 43 statesWILMINGTON, MA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-167376 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksunifirst.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 7.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 580 vehicle and 866 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.2% · 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

846 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 49

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 3,143-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
3,143
Inspections · 24 mo
867
Annualized
≈434 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
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 Driving253 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance210 · 21 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 29 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness32 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 9 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 480 total · 36 in 24 mo

480
Total crashes
36
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
200
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202610049
2025160915
20243101627
20233211228
2022251723
20212201121
20203011027
20193311230
2018230723
20173811831
20161901116
2015250625
2014261826
2013131513
20121701014
20111901118
2010211920
20098028
20089029
2007150714
20066126
20056016
200411279
20033033
20026044
20014014
20001111
19991001
19984044
19971001
19962002
19951001
19931001
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 3, 2026RI00Yes
Jul 13, 2026MN00Yes
Jul 13, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 26, 2026NC01Yes
Apr 17, 2026ME01No
Apr 7, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 8, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2026PA02Yes
Dec 12, 2025OH01Yes
Nov 20, 2025FL01Yes
Oct 22, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 17, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 14, 2025MN01Yes
Sep 22, 2025DE01Yes
Sep 9, 2025MD03Yes
Jul 7, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 27, 2025MD00Yes
Jun 11, 2025IN02Yes
Jun 9, 2025SC01No
May 1, 2025WI00Yes
Apr 23, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 5, 2025MI01Yes
Feb 13, 2025CO00Yes