Carrier profile · USDOT 771623 · MC-496162 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Garda Cl Southwest Inc

273 power unitsavg 8.2 yrRegional · 7 statesBOCA RATON, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-496162 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksgarda.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 14.3%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 — 7 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 8.3 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 273-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
273
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 174 total · 6 in 24 mo

174
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
81
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255035
20246025
20234004
20222022
20215025
202011169
20194022
201811168
20176034
20169057
20155034
2014120211
20136025
20128067
20118037
2010141413
20097045
20085035
20078228
2006120812
2005100510
20045035
2003100410
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 21, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 29, 2025TX02Yes
Jul 10, 2025SC02Yes
Feb 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 18, 2024IL05Yes
Aug 10, 2024OK00Yes
Jul 22, 2024TX02No
Jul 2, 2024TX00Yes
May 31, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 25, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 5, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 13, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 14, 2023TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2022TX01Yes
May 28, 2022TX01Yes
Dec 18, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 24, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2021KS01Yes
Apr 23, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2021OK01Yes
Dec 30, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 29, 2020MO11Yes
Nov 17, 2020TX00Yes