Carrier profile · USDOT 3222281 · MC-1008679 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Universal Dedicated of Fort Wayne In LLC

DBA UNIVERSAL

314 power unitsavg 3.7 yrRegional · 4 statesWARREN, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1008679 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 16.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 128 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 14.8 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

124 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 15

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 314-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
314
Inspections · 24 mo
128
Annualized
≈64 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 50 total · 18 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20257027
20249138
20238018
20227017
20216016
20206126
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 22, 2026IN01Yes
May 19, 2026IN00Yes
May 15, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 16, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 10, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IN01Yes
Dec 10, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MI01Yes
Aug 26, 2025IN00Yes
May 26, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 27, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IN01Yes
Feb 5, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 31, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 22, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 13, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 5, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 28, 2024OH11No
Aug 9, 2024IN01Yes
Apr 11, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 18, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 17, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 15, 2023IN02Yes
Nov 22, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 17, 2023MI00Yes