Carrier profile · USDOT 1788508 · MC-651505 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

UPDIKE DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS LLC

114 power unitsavg 4.5 yrMulti-region · 8 statesPHOENIX, AZ81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-651505 ACTIVE
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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 24.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 192 vehicle and 268 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.0% · 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 6.1 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

258 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 21

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 114-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
114
Inspections · 24 mo
269
Annualized
≈135 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving115 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 38 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance32 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance29 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 77 total · 14 in 24 mo

77
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264034
20256016
20249048
20234014
2022110611
20215015
2020101110
2019120212
20184004
20172012
20165105
20153013
20131001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026NV02Yes
Apr 4, 2026UT01Yes
Feb 21, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 4, 2026CA01Yes
Oct 18, 2025NM00Yes
Oct 2, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 28, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 22, 2025CA03Yes
Apr 1, 2025UT00Yes
Feb 17, 2025AZ00Yes
Nov 13, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 3, 2024NV01No
Jul 30, 2024CA02Yes
Jun 21, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2024CA01Yes
Feb 1, 2024CA01Yes
Sep 16, 2023AZ00Yes
Jul 31, 2023CA00Yes
Jul 13, 2023AZ01Yes
Feb 4, 2023CA00Yes
Dec 13, 2022CA01Yes
Sep 24, 2022AZ01Yes