Carrier profile · USDOT 1378013 · MC-671328 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Universe Towing Inc

18 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 2 statesBRONX, NY82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-671328 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 3.0 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 18-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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
31%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 31 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20232022
20211011
20201011
20194023
20172012
20163022
20091010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 16, 2025NY01Yes
Dec 19, 2023NY02Yes
Sep 29, 2023NY01Yes
May 22, 2021NY01Yes
Jun 25, 2020NY01Yes
Nov 4, 2019NY01No
Oct 2, 2019NY00Yes
Jul 29, 2019NY00Yes
Apr 8, 2019NY01Yes
Dec 25, 2017NY01Yes
Aug 8, 2017NY00Yes
Oct 24, 2016NY03Yes
Jul 19, 2016NY01No
May 1, 2016NY00Yes
Apr 19, 2009NY02No