Carrier profile · USDOT 1059885 · MC-493357 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

United Transportation LLC

13 power unitsavg 15.9 yrRegional · 4 statesMUSCLE SHOALS, AL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-493357 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 5.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.8 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20231011
20211011
20181011
20171001
20161001
20131011
20125025
20112002
20101011
20091011
20082002
20061011
20052012
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026MS00Yes
Dec 13, 2023TN01Yes
Sep 14, 2021MS01Yes
Apr 10, 2018AL01Yes
Mar 5, 2017AL00Yes
Sep 9, 2016AL00Yes
Sep 23, 2013MS01Yes
Nov 5, 2012LA00Yes
Oct 1, 2012TN01Yes
Sep 13, 2012MS00Yes
Jun 11, 2012MO01Yes
Jan 25, 2012TN00Yes
Jul 25, 2011LA00Yes
Mar 24, 2011GA00Yes
Feb 5, 2010AL03Yes
Mar 18, 2009AL01Yes
Apr 10, 2008GA00Yes
Apr 1, 2008TN00Yes
Aug 9, 2006TN01Yes
Dec 15, 2005AL00Yes
Oct 26, 2005TN01Yes
Nov 12, 2004AL01Yes