Carrier profile · USDOT 21800 · MC-116200 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

United Parcel Service Inc

DBA UPS

— power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 52 statesATLANTA, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-116200 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 12.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11,684 vehicle and 18,543 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 3.0 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

18,026 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 904

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving6,122 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1,664 · 419 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1,383 · 391 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1,353 · 1,141 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance795 · 275 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance711 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance528 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance446 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance422 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance411 · 28 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1,714 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

878ELD device issues
71No log / no ELD
73False logs
527Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 28,402 total · 2,224 in 24 mo

28,402
Total crashes
2,224
In last 24 mo
780
Fatal
11,306
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202650110187469
20251197274321116
20241232344491156
20231395554841310
20221575385551500
20211528395841450
20201512385451420
20191350295291270
20181271344571201
20171097313931031
20161056273661012
2015100224375951
201494027359887
201385221312799
201275720308703
201176722285710
201071219299656
200971419263669
200886017316799
200779422309732
200672820311667
200571226301663
200461319235575
200355216248501
200249220233427
200144016202394
200046727225428
199944720247397
199841413216361
199744313245393
199646913275418
19953737196350
19943757195341
19932966147251
19922692119217
199112005387
19907625033
19894014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 31, 2026ID01No
Jul 29, 2026SC01Yes
Jul 28, 2026WI00Yes
Jul 27, 2026SC02Yes
Jul 25, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 25, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 25, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 23, 2026MT00Yes
Jul 22, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 18, 2026OK00Yes
Jul 17, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 16, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 15, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 15, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 14, 2026OR00Yes
Jul 14, 2026MO00Yes
Jul 13, 2026MT00Yes
Jul 13, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 8, 2026SC00Yes
Jul 7, 2026ND02Yes
Jul 6, 2026WI00Yes
Jul 6, 2026PA01Yes
Jul 6, 2026WV00Yes
Jul 6, 2026LA01Yes