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UNIVERSE TRANSPORTATION CORP

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Company CheckUNIVERSE TRANSPORTATION CORP · DOT 2541076

228 MAIN STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, 07480

DOT# 2541076 MC# 884237 Hackettstown, New Jersey 11 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest May 18, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

May 18, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 8, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 12, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 14, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address228 MAIN STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, 07480

Mailing Address228 MAIN STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, 07480

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC884237

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Passenger Carrier

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure .75 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS6.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective11/05/2025

CompanySTATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA

Policy #CAR2900002602

Last checked09/19/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage1 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15006/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total33

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total15

Out of Service1

OOS Rate6.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2025

21 · 1 OOS -

2026

12 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2025

1 crash -

2026

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through May 2026, 33 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (3% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
11/12/2025	WEST NEW YORK	NJ	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 33 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 3 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (33)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/18/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/08/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/11/2026	NJ	Full (Level I)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2026	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/31/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NJ	3	0	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	ANDERSON AVE / EDGEWATER RD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	FAIRVIEW/ ANDERSON AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	2027 LEMOINE AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON PARK	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	WASHINGTON PARK - UNION CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	32ND STREET / NEW YORK AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	UNION / WASHINGTON PARK	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/23/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	JOURNAL SQUARE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW YORK AVE AND 12TH STREET	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/22/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	6TH STREET AND WEST STREET	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	LEMONIE AVE FORT LEE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/11/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	FAIRVIEW / ANDERSON AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	429 ANDERSON AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH BERGEN MVC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	NEW YORK AVE/2ND ST	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2025	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	SECOND ST. WASHINGTON PARK	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	8901 PARK PLAZA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	PALISADE AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	PALISADES AVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections33

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2017	09/25/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2017	09/28/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2016	09/28/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2015	09/28/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2015	03/12/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2015	09/28/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2015	09/28/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000205	$5,000,000	09/28/2015	09/28/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ONYX INSURANCE COMPANY, INC - RRG	OIC-NJ-0002236	$5,000,000	09/25/2018	09/25/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000022	$1,500,000	03/12/2016	09/28/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000022	$1,500,000	03/12/2016	03/12/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000022	$1,500,000	03/12/2015	09/28/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	TOPA INSURANCE COMPANY	153000022	$1,500,000	03/12/2015	03/12/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC884237	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/09/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/14/2025
MC884237	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/20/2018
MC884237	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/01/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/26/2017
MC884237	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/01/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/29/2016
MC884237	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/30/2025	-	-
MC884237	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/17/2015	REVOKED	10/01/2019

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83/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 83

−17

Starts at 100−17 totalFinal 83

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−17

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-17

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 1 vehicle (~1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−17 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 1 vehicle (~1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

UNIVERSE TRANSPORTATION CORP

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Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (33)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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