Carrier profile · USDOT 3136936 · MC-96587 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

UZ SAM TRANS INC

80 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 20 statesCHALFONT, PA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-96587 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 27.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

188 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 19

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 80-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
80
Inspections · 24 mo
193
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving71 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 26 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 20 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
2025100410
2024101210
20234024
20222011
20212002
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026DE01Yes
May 28, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 10, 2026NJ01Yes
Aug 9, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 29, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 1, 2025MD01Yes
Jun 27, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 14, 2025VA02Yes
Jun 4, 2025SC00Yes
May 20, 2025PA00Yes
May 13, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 6, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 16, 2025SC02Yes
Dec 25, 2024TN01Yes
Dec 15, 2024MD00Yes
Dec 15, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 4, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 22, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 3, 2024VA01Yes
Jun 6, 2024MD10Yes
May 14, 2024MD00Yes
May 1, 2024MD00Yes
Nov 19, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 16, 2023NJ01Yes