Carrier profile · USDOT 764739 · MC-201062 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Universal Transportation Services LLC

DBA CALHOUN TRUCK LINES

165 power unitsavg 11.9 yrNational · 22 statesEDEN PRAIRIE, MN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-201062 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscalhountrucklines.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 32.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 157 vehicle and 292 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.8% · 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 6.3 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

284 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 18

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 165-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
165
Inspections · 24 mo
292
Annualized
≈146 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving205 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance80 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 36 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance25 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
16False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 114 total · 10 in 24 mo

114
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258037
20246006
20234034
20224014
20218018
20203023
2019120311
20185025
20178036
20164023
20154023
20143003
20134004
20124014
20111011
20104034
20091001
20084024
20074024
20067027
20057017
20041001
20033003
20022011
20011001
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 27, 2025IL01No
Oct 8, 2025MN01Yes
Aug 13, 2025MI00Yes
May 28, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 19, 2025OH02Yes
Feb 3, 2025MN00Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 15, 2024NE00Yes
Aug 8, 2024IA00Yes
Apr 15, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 5, 2024NE00Yes
Mar 5, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 7, 2023FL01Yes
Aug 14, 2023OH00Yes
May 16, 2023MI01Yes
Jan 31, 2023MI01Yes
Sep 16, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 28, 2022MI00Yes
Apr 21, 2022GA00Yes
Mar 14, 2022FL02Yes
Dec 22, 2021NE00Yes
Dec 8, 2021MI00Yes