Carrier profile · USDOT 2872165 · MC-963251 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

Universal Transport Ii LLC

171 power unitsavg 3 yrNational · 18 statesROMULUS, MI74/100
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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 41.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 260 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 11.1 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

244 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 20

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 171-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
171
Inspections · 24 mo
260
Annualized
≈130 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
76%
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 Driving113 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance60 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 52 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance54 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

92 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
44False logs
18Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 15 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025111611
20247027
20238047
20226006
20212002
20202002
20192012
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 28, 2026OK00Yes
Mar 3, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 27, 2025TN01Yes
Nov 18, 2025IL12Yes
Sep 4, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 25, 2025OH01Yes
Jun 23, 2025KY00Yes
May 31, 2025NC02Yes
May 15, 2025NC01Yes
May 14, 2025KY00Yes
Mar 7, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 10, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 23, 2024MI01Yes
Aug 22, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 23, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 21, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 11, 2024SC01Yes
Jan 14, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 8, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 22, 2023MI01Yes
Nov 13, 2023MI01No
Oct 27, 2023MI01Yes
Jul 26, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 26, 2023MI00Yes