Carrier profile · USDOT 53433 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Union Pacific Railroad Company

DBA UNION PACIFIC

2,740 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 24 statesOMAHA, NE88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksup.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 16.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 262 vehicle and 368 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · 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 3.7 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

357 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 27

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 2,740-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
2,740
Inspections · 24 mo
368
Annualized
≈184 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving178 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 40 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 5 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 13 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 514 total · 29 in 24 mo

514
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
26
Fatal
212
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268047
2025150314
2024172617
2023110210
2022172317
2021141712
2020121612
20192301122
2018170617
2017152314
2016221920
20152621025
2014170916
2013180918
2012121712
2011212521
2010192617
2009142314
20081821018
2007270826
2006191819
20051821016
20041901119
2003130513
2002140613
2001101610
2000131811
1999181817
1998120412
19977055
19965035
199510058
19945034
19936015
19921010
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026WY00Yes
Jun 17, 2026ID01Yes
Jun 17, 2026ID01Yes
Jun 5, 2026AR00Yes
May 21, 2026IA00Yes
Apr 30, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2026AR00Yes
Mar 19, 2026TX01No
Dec 7, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 21, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 8, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 24, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 20, 2025WY00Yes
Aug 19, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 8, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 13, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 30, 2025UT00Yes
Jun 24, 2025KS00Yes
Jun 9, 2025AZ01Yes
Apr 1, 2025IL02No
Mar 18, 2025LA01Yes
Feb 25, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 7, 2025ID00Yes
Dec 20, 2024KS20Yes
Nov 23, 2024TX01Yes