Carrier profile · USDOT 430314 · MC-238373 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Southwest Traders Incorporated

85 power unitsavg 5.2 yrRegional · 3 statesTEMECULA, CA88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238373 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

85Power units

117 observed · MCS-150

86Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

5.2Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(951) 699-7800 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

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Watch · 1

Fatal crash on record4 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 36 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1990.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 355 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo14.6%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

85 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

5.2 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

35 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1990 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

349 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

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40 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 9, 2026.

Safety

239 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 14.6%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 178 vehicle and 236 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.2% · 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 3.4 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

236 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 19

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

Registered power units: 85
Inspections · 24 mo: 239
Annualized: ≈120 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.4 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 Driving98 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not 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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 8 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Liberty Fire’08–’12

Zurich American’14–’22

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. · since Jan 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVEREST NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA	Jan 2022 → Jan 2024	$750K	1
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2014 → Jan 2022	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Dec 2012 → Dec 2014	$750K	2
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2008 → Dec 2012	$750K	1
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Dec 2006 → Jan 2009	$750K	1
FEDERAL INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2004 → Dec 2006	$750K	1
TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	Dec 2002 → Jan 2005	$750K	1
NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	Dec 1994 → Apr 1996	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 85
Observed power (24 mo): 117
Trailers (towed): 86

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

5.2 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

83.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 3 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

239

CA busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

California: 232 inspections
Arizona: 4 inspections
Nevada: 3 inspections

Home base

TEMECULA, CA

27565 DIAZ ROAD

Most inspections: CA

232 inspections

CA 232 · AZ 4 · NV 3

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 6 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 199623 USDOT 484806 USDOT 4353094 USDOT 16130 USDOT 327574Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (77 trucks · 75 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 16130 USDOT 1369272 USDOT 4003871 USDOT 327574 USDOT 422227 USDOT 2670492 USDOT 2715156 USDOT 1613424

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

117

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 27565 DIAZ ROAD, TEMECULA, CA, 92590
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (951) 699-7800
Fax: (951) 699-5717
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: southwesttraders.com

Registration

Officers: Terance Walsh · Lynne Bredemeier
USDOT / docket: 430314 · MC-238373
First registered: Dec 6, 1990
Last MCS-150: Apr 18, 2025 · 6,880,324 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Mar 20, 2007
D-U-N-S: 94981950

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

181

Drivers

177

CDL drivers

6,880,324

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

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

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

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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15%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

26 of 178 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

200violation records

33OOS-tagged records

26 of 178inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Unsafe driving

865%4 / 86

Other vehicle maintenance

3949%19 / 39

Brakes

2722%6 / 27

Hours of service

260%0 / 26

Lights

1811%2 / 18

Driver fitness

450%2 / 4

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%

15%

30%

8%Nov 24 to May 253 / 36

13%May 25 to Nov 254 / 32

15%Nov 25 to May 269 / 61

20%May 26 to Nov 2610 / 49

Top 3 codes (49 of 200 records)

392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)24
395.8D11-HOSF Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing13
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)12

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393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects11
392.2-SLLEQP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)8
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)8
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)7
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)6
392.2-SLLEWA2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)5
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5
395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data5
390.21TB1-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle4
393.45B2-BHTD Brake tubing / hose defects4
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured3
393.95A4-EEUS Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)3
393.9A-LCL Inoperative required lamps3
393.9A-LLPL Inoperative required lamps3
396.5B-HWSL Oil and/or grease leak3
396.9D2-FTF Inspection of motor vehicles in operation3
390.21TC-MC USDOT number marking on vehicle2
390.21TE-LCMVINFO USDOT number marking on vehicle2
392.2-SLLDL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing2
393.23-LEU Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)2
393.45D-B Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps2
393.9A-LHLI Inoperative required lamps2
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer2
396.3A1-BALR Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed2
383.23A2-LCDLNP Operating without a valid CDL1
383.95A-LCDL Commercial Driver's License (CDL)1
390.21TB2-DOT USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.21TE2IV-D USDOT number marking on vehicle1
390.3E3-MC Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)1
391.41A-MCPC No / expired medical certificate1
391.41A-MCPVI No / expired medical certificate1
392.2-DMOVE State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.9BA-NOREGINTRA Failure to secure load / cargo not secured1
393.201A-FRSC Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F-SLAS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.28-WS Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.47A-BCFSAD-SA Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.67C7V-F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.75A3-ATIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.81-H Horn1
393.95B Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-HLLH Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LRLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSML Inoperative required lamps1
393.9B-LRR Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H1-ELDNUM ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.22H2-ELDNISDT ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer1
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection1
396.5-HL Oil and/or grease leak1

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED.

SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED (USDOT 430314) has a Vektor safety score of 88/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. effective Jan 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 14.6% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 239 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 178 vehicle-level and 236 driver-level — across 3 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 4 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 85 power units and 181 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Apr 18, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Mar 20, 2007 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED's USDOT number?

SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED's USDOT number is 430314, and its motor carrier number is MC-238373.

Is SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED's safety record?

SOUTHWEST TRADERS INCORPORATED has a 14.6% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 355 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 88/100 (tier: clear).