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Company CheckUNIVERSAL CARGO GROUP INC · DOT 2568853

618 MURPHY DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446

DOT# 2568853 MC# 621390 Romeoville, Illinois 18 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Aug 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 20, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Apr 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address618 MURPHY DRIVE, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446

Mailing AddressPO BOX 2124, NAPERVILLE, IL, 60567

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC621390

CommonNot Active

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

DocketMC899568

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating18 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

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 1.75 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 2.54 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3.87 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage228,000 miles

Mileage Year2025

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS28.6% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type91X

Effective11/20/2020

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-ZH3139

Last checked09/13/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers6

Mileage228,000 mi

Operating18 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total7

Out of Service2

OOS Rate28.6%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

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

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS =

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

4 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Aug 2026, 8 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

14 roadside violations across 8 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

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 2 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 (10)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
08/20/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	WINNECONNE WI	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2026	IL	Full (Level I)	I-90	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	NA	5	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/12/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-290	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WATERTOWN WI	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-290	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/11/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WANATAH IN	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTAGE IN	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2024	WI	Full (Level I)	PEWAUKEE WI	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/28/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I80	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections6

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Out of Service Orders (3)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2017-07-31	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2017-09-04
2017-04-24	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2017-05-30
2015-05-19	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2016-01-08

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	12/23/2015	01/27/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	12/23/2015	12/22/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	12/22/2015	01/21/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	CT00032621	$750,000	11/05/2013	11/05/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6652927	$1,000,000	11/05/2008	01/22/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6652927	$1,000,000	11/05/2008	02/02/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 6652927	$0	11/05/2008	09/10/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3346064	$1,000,000	10/03/2007	10/03/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3346064	$1,000,000	10/03/2007	01/23/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC19070831	$750,000	09/18/2019	07/03/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 6121331	$750,000	07/19/2017	03/28/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 2323009	$750,000	07/03/2020	11/18/2020	Cancelled
34	CARGO	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC19070831	$0	07/03/2019	09/18/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC19070831	$750,000	07/03/2019	09/18/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA06121331	$750,000	05/30/2017	07/19/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA00629933	$750,000	04/25/2019	07/03/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC18042112	$750,000	04/25/2018	04/25/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q042530750	$1,000,000	04/25/2011	11/05/2013	Replaced
34	CARGO	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q40 2530324	$0	04/25/2011	10/13/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	04/24/2015	12/23/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	04/24/2015	01/21/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	47-508322-00	$750,000	03/25/2008	11/05/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	47-508322-00	$750,000	01/23/2008	03/27/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	47-508322-00	$750,000	01/23/2008	03/25/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2738234	$1,000,000	01/22/2010	06/03/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	2738234	$1,000,000	01/22/2010	04/25/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN208717	$750,000	01/21/2017	04/27/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	01/21/2015	04/24/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	XA 2219054	$750,000	01/21/2015	05/23/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GRANGE INSURANCE COMPANY OF MICHIGAN	XA 2219054	$750,000	01/21/2015	06/04/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/2016
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/27/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/23/2017
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/22/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/23/2020
MC621390	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	10/18/2007	REVOKED	11/12/2014
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/22/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/23/2019
MC899568	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/16/2019	-	-
MC899568	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/06/2017	REVOKED	04/03/2018
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/08/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/08/2020
MC621390	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/09/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/27/2011
MC899568	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/27/2018	REVOKED	07/09/2019
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/27/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/28/2015
MC899568	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/29/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/22/2019
MC621390	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/29/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/26/2008
MC899568	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	02/06/2015	REVOKED	05/03/2017
MC621390	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/26/2015	OUT OF SERVICE	07/27/2015
MC621390	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/06/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2010

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

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

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 28.5714% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

UNIVERSAL CARGO GROUP INC

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (10)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (3)

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