Carrier profile · USDOT 3221607 · MC-1008350 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Universal Dedicated of Detroit Mi LLC

DBA UNIVERSAL

305 power unitsavg 4.9 yrRegional · 5 statesWARREN, MI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1008350 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 15.4%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 — 13 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 305-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
305
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 37 total · 13 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256006
20248027
2023100210
20224004
20217025
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026IN00Yes
Nov 10, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 15, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 26, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 13, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 23, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 20, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 11, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 28, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 10, 2024MI00Yes
May 2, 2024MI01No
Dec 1, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 27, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MI02Yes
Aug 24, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 26, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 3, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 1, 2023MI00Yes
May 26, 2023MI00Yes
May 15, 2023MI00Yes
May 10, 2023MI03Yes