Carrier profile · USDOT 1263092 · MC-494218 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Unique Trucking Express Inc

20 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 17 statesMIAMI, FL82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-494218 ACTIVE
Verified linksuniquetruckingexpress.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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 17.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 26.4 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 5

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
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.

  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance32 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

77 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
24False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 24 total · 2 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20233013
20221001
20212002
20202002
20192012
20183013
20174004
20161001
20151001
20131011
20121001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 24, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 4, 2025FL00Yes
May 31, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 29, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 16, 2023VA02Yes
Oct 13, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2021AL00Yes
Feb 4, 2021FL00Yes
Jul 30, 2020FL00Yes
May 19, 2020OH00Yes
Mar 22, 2019FL00Yes
Mar 21, 2019GA01Yes
Aug 25, 2018FL00Yes
Aug 12, 2018FL02Yes
Jan 31, 2018KS00Yes
Sep 21, 2017FL00Yes
Jun 12, 2017MS00Yes
Jun 8, 2017FL00Yes
Jan 11, 2017FL00Yes
Sep 9, 2016FL00Yes
Jun 22, 2015FL00Yes
Mar 15, 2013FL02Yes
Nov 21, 2012FL00Yes
Feb 1, 2005FL01Yes