Carrier profile · USDOT 2544514 · MC-885639 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

University Transportation Inc

100 power unitsavg 7.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesALABASTER, AL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-885639 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 40.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 104 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 17.1 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

214 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 17

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 100-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving86 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance49 · 36 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

70 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

43ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
21Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 9 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265024
20254024
20241011
20231001
20222002
20212012
20181001
20172012
20153022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 10, 2026TN01No
Feb 25, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 3, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MO00Yes
Nov 24, 2025VA01Yes
Nov 24, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 21, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 9, 2025AL03Yes
May 23, 2024KY02Yes
Oct 17, 2023SC00Yes
Oct 1, 2022TN00Yes
Apr 13, 2022AL00Yes
Oct 28, 2021GA01Yes
Mar 29, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 13, 2018AL00Yes
Aug 5, 2017AL01Yes
Jun 20, 2017MS00Yes
Dec 3, 2015VA00Yes
Nov 16, 2015VA01Yes
Sep 16, 2015TN01No