Carrier profile · USDOT 707347 · MC-208921 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

American West Worldwide Express Inc

75 power unitsavg 11.2 yrNational · 28 statesMIRA LOMA, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-208921 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

75Power units

43 observed · MCS-150

64Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.2Avg age (yr)

2003–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(562) 268-1561 Email dispatchalfredo.barajas@awest.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 2, 2026

Clear to load

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 252 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo21.3%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

75 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.2 yr

Model years 2003–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

28 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

137 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 21.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 89 vehicle and 132 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12

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 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 75
Inspections · 24 mo: 137
Annualized: ≈69 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 17 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’17 · 12 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Clarendon National’96–’05

Liberty’97–’00

Sentry Select’04–’08

Pacific Financial’13–’17

Granite State’14–’17

beyond this history

1995200320112019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 17 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Apr 2017

All 17 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2014 → May 2017	$1M	6
PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	Oct 2013 → Oct 2017	$0	2
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2013 → Mar 2014	$1M	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 2013 → Mar 2013	$1M	1
STATE NATIONALSPECIALTY INSCO/NATIONAL SPECIA	Mar 2011 → Mar 2013	$1M	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	May 2010 → Mar 2011	$1M	2
BREMER BANK, N.A.	Dec 2009 → Mar 2012	$1M	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	May 2008 → May 2010	$1M	2
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2004 → May 2008	$1M	1
ZC INS. CO /CONVERIUM INS.(NA) INC.	May 2003 → May 2004	$1M	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2002 → May 2003	$1M	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2001 → Jan 2002	$1M	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2000 → Oct 2001	$1M	4
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Feb 1997 → Sep 2000	$1M	1
CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO.	Mar 1996 → May 2005	$0	1
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Aug 1995 → Mar 1997	$1M	1
T. H. E. INSURANCE COMPANY	May 1995 → Aug 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 75
Observed power (24 mo): 43
Trailers (towed): 64

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.2 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

47.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 28 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

136

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

MIRA LOMA, CA

3401 ETIWANDA AVE BLDG 1011-A

Top corridor

CA 58 · NM 10 · TX 10

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 9 trucks also ran under 7 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1648092 USDOT 4351442 USDOT 3998914 USDOT 1555031 USDOT 4332690 USDOT 4497683 USDOT 1212847Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (68 trucks · 49 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 94081 USDOT 4332690 USDOT 1540868 USDOT 2457309 USDOT 707247 USDOT 4351442 USDOT 1648092 USDOT 2321165

Shares a company officer with other carriers

josh brown — 5 carriers: USDOT 1886261 USDOT 2531155 USDOT 4090237 USDOT 4338339

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3401 ETIWANDA AVE BLDG 1011-A, MIRA LOMA, CA, 91752
Mailing address: 51 ZACA LANE STE 120, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA, 93401
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (562) 268-1561
Cell: (562) 320-2079
Fax: (951) 727-0250
Email: alfredo.barajas@awest.com
Web domain: awest.com

Registration

Officers: Josh Brown · Reed Cullum
USDOT / docket: 707347 · MC-208921
First registered: Sep 29, 1997
Last MCS-150: Dec 16, 2025 · 3,760,412 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

3,760,412

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC.

AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC (USDOT 707347) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Apr 1, 2017 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 21.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier received 137 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 89 vehicle-level and 132 driver-level — across 28 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 2, 2026.

It reports 75 power units and 38 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Dec 16, 2025.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Aug 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 707347, and its motor carrier number is MC-208921.

Is AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 2, 2026, AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC's safety record?

AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC has a 21.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 252 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).

How big is AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC's fleet?

AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC operates 75 power units and 38 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC based?

AMERICAN WEST WORLDWIDE EXPRESS INC is based in MIRA LOMA, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 28 states.

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