United Refrigeration Inc
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
249 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 16
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
- 349
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 257
- Annualized
- ≈129 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness11 · 6 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
- 177.834 Other violationOther7 · 7 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 172.202 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 87 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 9, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2024 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 5, 2024 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2023 | VT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 16, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 29, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2022 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 8, 2021 | MA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2020 | RI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2020 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2019 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |