United Fruit & Produce Co
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 26
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 40
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 55 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2022 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 26, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2021 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2019 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2018 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2017 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2016 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 5, 2016 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2016 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2015 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 24, 2015 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2015 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2015 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2015 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2015 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2015 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2014 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |