Carrier profile · USDOT 2562511 · MC-894276 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Unique Freight Carriers Inc

110 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 42 statesBLUE ISLAND, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-894276 ACTIVE
Verified linksuniquefreight.netFMCSA 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 31.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 169 vehicle and 438 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 5.8 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

429 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 26

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
438
Annualized
≈219 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving191 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 50 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness10 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

68 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
26False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 68% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 78 total · 21 in 24 mo

78
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265024
20259059
2024131512
20239029
202210049
2021120311
20209009
20195005
20182012
20173023
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 11, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 11, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 30, 2026NJ01No
Mar 19, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MN01Yes
Nov 21, 2025TN02Yes
Oct 5, 2025FL00Yes
May 29, 2025AL00Yes
May 20, 2025AL01Yes
Apr 9, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 23, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 31, 2025KY01Yes
Jan 25, 2025AL01Yes
Dec 31, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 14, 2024AR03Yes
Dec 7, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 9, 2024WY14Yes
Oct 18, 2024UT00Yes
Oct 15, 2024CO00Yes
Oct 2, 2024UT00Yes
Jul 17, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 22, 2024GA00Yes
May 29, 2024AL01Yes
May 9, 2024WI02No