Carrier profile · USDOT 4292328 · MC-1670397 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Universmichigan LLC

DBA UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL MI

660 power unitsavg 12.2 yrNational · 21 statesWARREN, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1670397 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksuniversallogistics.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 31.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 142 vehicle and 224 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.6% · 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 13.8 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

224 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 22

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 660-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
660
Inspections · 24 mo
224
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance58 · 21 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 13 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265025
20258117
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 4, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 21, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2026MN00Yes
Jan 31, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI01Yes
Dec 2, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 16, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 10, 2025NJ00Yes
Aug 15, 2025MI10No
Aug 14, 2025NJ01Yes
Jun 18, 2025NE00Yes
Apr 1, 2025WI00Yes