Carrier profile · USDOT 3220765 · MC-1007917 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Universal Dedicated of Romulus Mi LLC

DBA UNIVERSAL

260 power unitsavg 5.7 yrMulti-region · 8 statesWARREN, MI77/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1007917 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksuniversallogisitcs.comFMCSA SAFER

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 26.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

104 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 13

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 260-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
260
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 28 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

42 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
0False logs
12Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 63 total · 11 in 24 mo

63
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258027
20246026
202310159
2022141214
2021110411
20209039
20194014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 18, 2025MI01No
Dec 2, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 30, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 7, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 12, 2025MO01Yes
Sep 11, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 30, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 8, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 22, 2024MI00Yes
Mar 2, 2024MI02Yes
Jan 9, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 5, 2023OH01Yes
Nov 30, 2023MI02No
Nov 27, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 3, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 2, 2023IL01Yes
Jul 6, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 13, 2023MI01Yes
Apr 25, 2023SC01Yes
Feb 22, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 21, 2023IL10Yes