Carrier profile · USDOT 2659932 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

UNIVERSAL WASTE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

394 power unitsavg 9.5 yrRegional · 4 statesSANTA FE SPRINGS, CA81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 29.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 48 vehicle and 59 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 18.0 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 394-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
394
Inspections · 24 mo
59
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 6, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 45 total · 14 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256036
20249059
20235005
20222012
20213003
20202002
20197126
20181011
20176035
20161011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 26, 2026CA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025CA01Yes
Oct 24, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 14, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025AZ01Yes
Mar 24, 2025CA02Yes
Dec 20, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 27, 2024CA01Yes
Oct 1, 2024CA02Yes
Sep 7, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 4, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 21, 2024CA01Yes
Jun 21, 2024AZ00Yes
Apr 12, 2024NM00Yes
Jan 10, 2024CA01Yes
Nov 3, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 26, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2023CA00Yes
Feb 27, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 14, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2022CA01Yes
Jan 20, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 29, 2021CA00Yes