Carrier profile · USDOT 2960200 · MC-4213 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

UZB FREIGHT INC

374 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 47 statesCREST HILL, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-4213 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksuzbfreight.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 16.4%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 — 640 vehicle and 1,030 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.0% · 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

997 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 68

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 374-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
374
Inspections · 24 mo
1,030
Annualized
≈515 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
59%
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 Driving334 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance105 · 79 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance93 · 27 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance82 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance51 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 19 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

39ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
63False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 74 total · 33 in 24 mo

74
Total crashes
33
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269049
2025160615
2024191717
202310069
20229059
20218138
20203013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2026MI02Yes
Mar 23, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 13, 2026PA02Yes
Mar 13, 2026PA03Yes
Mar 12, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 10, 2026OR00Yes
Mar 1, 2026WY00Yes
Feb 24, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2026ME01Yes
Dec 27, 2025AR01Yes
Dec 14, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 28, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 1, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 29, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 1, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 16, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 11, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 28, 2025TX00Yes
May 15, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 2, 2025WY02Yes
Mar 12, 2025PA01Yes
Feb 27, 2025OH01No
Feb 22, 2025WA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025MS00Yes
Jan 17, 2025SC00Yes