Carrier profile · USDOT 3330935 · MC-1061460 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Universal Logistics of Virginia LLC

DBA ESTES DEDICATED

522 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 22 statesRICHMOND, VA74/100
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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 50.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 437 vehicle and 565 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

58.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 17.4 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

553 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 38

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 522-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
522
Inspections · 24 mo
565
Annualized
≈283 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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 Driving289 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance183 · 62 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance145 · 121 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance86 · 85 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance65 · 18 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving63 · 59 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance57 · 6 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 53 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 22, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 119 total · 32 in 24 mo

119
Total crashes
32
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268027
2025190618
2024170615
2023222718
20222601021
2021150615
2020120512
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026NJ00Yes
May 15, 2026TX00Yes
May 6, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 3, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 13, 2026WV00Yes
Feb 10, 2026VA01Yes
Jan 22, 2026VA01No
Nov 20, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 27, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 15, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 13, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 23, 2025MD00Yes
Aug 15, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 12, 2025MD01Yes
Aug 6, 2025VA01Yes
Aug 4, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 24, 2025VA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025TX00Yes
May 1, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2025MD01No
Mar 27, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 8, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2025NJ00Yes