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UNIVERSAL INTERMODAL SERVICES INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 29.2% (24-mo)387 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8% (24-mo)533 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

18.2% now● Stable

Holding near 18.2% — under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
124
Inspections · 24 mo
534
Annualized
≈267 / yr
Coverage
≈2.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance445 · 143 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving409 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance194 · 65 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance128 · 98 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance122 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance113 · 56 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance72
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance70 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance59
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance52

ELD & hours-of-service

201 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 04/16/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

132ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
9False logs
27Drove over hours

33 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 718 total · 35 in 24 mo

718
Total crashes
35
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
261
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025210620
20243911934
20233911438
20226432563
20215522152
20204401244
20194211240
20184311641
2017380938
20164111140
20154231639
20143001230
2013200619
20122701125
2011173315
2010200819
20091801115
20082911226
20073321132
20063321627
2005160616
20046046
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/21/2026CA00Yes
11/12/2025CA00Yes
09/30/2025CA00Yes
07/30/2025CA00Yes
06/24/2025CA01Yes
05/27/2025TX01Yes
05/13/2025PA00Yes
04/15/2025SD00Yes
04/10/2025GA00Yes
03/31/2025OH03Yes
03/27/2025FL01Yes
02/18/2025MI00Yes
02/14/2025MN00Yes
02/13/2025IL00Yes
02/11/2025TN01No
02/10/2025WA00Yes
02/07/2025GA00Yes
02/06/2025TX00Yes
02/06/2025NJ00Yes
01/20/2025IL01Yes
01/17/2025OH00Yes
01/13/2025MI00Yes
12/23/2024KY01Yes
12/03/2024MI10No
11/19/2024MI01Yes