Carrier profile · USDOT 1484229 · MC-584866 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Unique Courier Service Corporation

76 power unitsavg 11 yrRegional · 7 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
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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 26.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.9 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 7

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 76-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
66%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 6 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252022
20245033
20232012
20226155
20211011
20201001
20191001
20182012
20171011
20164014
20143022
20111001
20091011
20071011
20061001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 6, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 14, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 21, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 1, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 30, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 24, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 1, 2024TX01No
Apr 12, 2024TX01No
Aug 24, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 3, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 30, 2022TX01No
Nov 11, 2022TX12Yes
Sep 2, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 21, 2022TX04Yes
Jan 18, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 13, 2022TX01Yes
Oct 8, 2021TX01Yes
Feb 4, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2019TX00Yes
Jun 18, 2018TX01Yes
Mar 28, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2017TX01Yes
Oct 26, 2016TX00Yes
Jul 25, 2016TX00Yes
May 13, 2016TX00Yes