UTILITY LINE SERVICES INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 205
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 8
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 391.49 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 172.400 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 38 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | PA | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| May 9, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 17, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 16, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 11, 2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2021 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 2 | No |
| Nov 29, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2018 | PA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Jun 21, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 6, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2017 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2017 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2016 | NJ | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2016 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2015 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2014 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2014 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2011 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |