Carrier profile · USDOT 780051 · MC-348892 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Southern Auto Transport Services Inc

1 power unitavg 14.3 yrRegional · 6 statesLAKEWOOD RANCH, FL80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-348892 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

3 observed · MCS-150

3Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

14.3Avg age (yr)

1999–2024 · vPIC

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average75.0% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average12.5% vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 28 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1998.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo75.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo75.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersOlder

14.3 yr

Model years 1999–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

27 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1998 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

8 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 75.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 1

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈4.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 8
Annualized: ≈4 / yr
Coverage: ≈4.0 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 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: None
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

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 4 lapsesCoverage lapse

Lincoln General’03–’06

State National’06–’10

Progressive Express’16–’18

Progressive Preferred’22–now

2003200920152021now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO. · since Jul 2025

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	Oct 2022 → Jul 2025	$750K	4
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2018 → Jan 2020	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2016 → Aug 2018	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE EXPRESS INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2014 → May 2014	$750K	1
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY OF THE SOUTH	Mar 2013 → Jun 2013	$750K	1
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Dec 2012 → Mar 2013	$750K	1
CASTLEPOINT NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Dec 2011 → Mar 2012	$750K	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Dec 2010 → Dec 2011	$750K	2
MARKEL AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2010 → Dec 2010	$750K	1
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Dec 2006 → Dec 2010	$750K	4
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Dec 2003 → Dec 2006	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 3
Trailers (towed): 3

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

14.3 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1999

Oldest model yr

66.7%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 6 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

FL busiest

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

Home base

LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL

3125 LAKEWOOD RANCH BLVD STE 104

Top corridor

FL 2 · GA 2 · NC 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 70719 USDOT 4276766 USDOT 21800 USDOT 2970406

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3125 LAKEWOOD RANCH BLVD STE 104, LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL, 34211
Mailing address: PO BOX 70, PALMETTO, FL, 34220
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (941) 722-3326
Email: allenm@southernautotransport.com
Web domain: southernautotransport.com

Registration

Officers: Allen Morrell · Keith Morrell
USDOT / docket: 780051 · MC-348892
First registered: Nov 5, 1998
Last MCS-150: Mar 7, 2025 · 75,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Feb 17, 2010
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

75,000

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 SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC.

SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC (USDOT 780051) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO. effective Jul 30, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 75.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 8 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 4 vehicle-level and 8 driver-level — across 6 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 7, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Feb 17, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's USDOT number is 780051, and its motor carrier number is MC-348892.

Is SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's safety record?

SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC has a 75.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 11 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC's fleet?

SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC operates 1 power unit and 1 driver per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC based?

SOUTHERN AUTO TRANSPORT SERVICES INC is based in LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL, with roadside inspections recorded across 6 states.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(941) 722-3326 Email dispatchallenm@southernautotransport.comCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 780051
MC / Docket: MC-348892
Officer: ALLEN MORRELL
Address: 3125 LAKEWOOD RANCH BLVD STE 104
LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL, 34211

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 27 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO. · since Jul 2025

Vehicle OOS 75.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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Contact & documents

Call dispatch(941) 722-3326 Email dispatchallenm@southernautotransport.comCarrier packetDownload / print · free

USDOT: 780051
MC / Docket: MC-348892
Officer: ALLEN MORRELL
Address: 3125 LAKEWOOD RANCH BLVD STE 104
LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL, 34211

At a glance

Active for-hire authority

Common authority · 27 yr continuous

$1M BIPD in force

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO. · since Jul 2025

Vehicle OOS 75.0%

vs 22.26% national — above benchmark.

1 fatal crash

On the FMCSA crash record.

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