Carrier profile · USDOT 2124287 · MC-740221 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Universe Carrier Inc

210 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 49 statesHUNTLEY, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-740221 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksuniversecarrier.comFMCSA SAFER

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 19.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 427 vehicle and 894 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

869 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 47

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / 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
210
Inspections · 24 mo
894
Annualized
≈447 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
51%
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 Driving363 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance59 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance51 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance50 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 5 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance35 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

149 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

88ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
25False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 82 total · 29 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026111610
2025110611
2024141314
2023120412
20227047
2021120212
20204033
20195005
20182012
20172012
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 30, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 25, 2026OK01Yes
Jun 8, 2026WY00Yes
May 26, 2026MO01Yes
May 11, 2026TX01Yes
May 6, 2026OR00Yes
May 3, 2026UT11Yes
Apr 30, 2026OR00Yes
Mar 18, 2026AZ01No
Jan 22, 2026WV01Yes
Dec 9, 2025WY00Yes
Oct 29, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 17, 2025IA00Yes
Jul 11, 2025FL01Yes
Jul 9, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 15, 2025OK01Yes
Mar 3, 2025WY00Yes
Feb 12, 2025KS01Yes
Feb 9, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 21, 2025PA02Yes
Jan 13, 2025TX04Yes
Dec 3, 2024WI00Yes
Nov 21, 2024IN12Yes
Nov 5, 2024LA00Yes