UNIVERSAL LOGISTICS SERVICES INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 71
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 119
- Annualized
- ≈60 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 24 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 57 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2026 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2025 | IL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 13, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2024 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2023 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2023 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2021 | TN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2021 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2021 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2020 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2020 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |