Carrier profile · USDOT 568488 · FF-13022 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC

DBA UNIVERSAL

119 power unitsavg 8.1 yrLocal · 1 statesCOMPTON, CA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEFF-13022 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

119Power units

17 observed · MCS-150

16Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.1Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(800) 233-9445 Email dispatchpcanaday@scexpress.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 26, 2026

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

Active operating authorityEstablished 32 yearsNo insurance on file

Watch · 1

No insurance on fileActive authority but no BIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Established 32 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1994.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 104 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo13.3%

▼ 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-mo13.3%

▼ 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

Asset-based

119 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.1 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

32 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1994 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

20 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 13.3%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 — 15 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 10.7 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 5

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 119-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: 119
Inspections · 24 mo: 20
Annualized: ≈10 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 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 Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
172.201 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

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 ’25 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Liberty’95–’99

Wilshire’02–’07

State Pennsylvania’10–’16

Cherokee’19–now

1993200220112020now

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 · CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Jun 2025

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 2019 → Jun 2025	$1M	7
NEW YORK MARINE & GENERAL INS. CO.	Jun 2017 → Jun 2019	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Aug 2010 → Jun 2016	$1M	9
WILLIAMSBURG NATIONAL INS CO.	Aug 2007 → Aug 2010	$1M	2
WILSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2002 → Aug 2007	$1M	3
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2001 → Aug 2002	$1M	1
SOMPO AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 1999 → Aug 2001	$1M	1
LIBERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION	Jun 1995 → Aug 1999	$1M	2
CONDOR INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 1993 → Jun 1995	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 119
Observed power (24 mo): 17
Trailers (towed): 16

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.1 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

18.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 1 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

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

Home base

COMPTON, CA

575 E WEBER AVENUE

Top corridor

CA 20

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: 2 trucks also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1162977Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (31 trucks · 14 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1162977 USDOT 1538326 USDOT 1747093 USDOT 2819819 USDOT 2955794 USDOT 3959969 USDOT 2867561 USDOT 4147210

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

119

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 & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 575 E WEBER AVENUE, COMPTON, CA, 90222
Mailing address: 12755 E 9 MILE RD, WARREN, MI, 48089
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (800) 233-9445
Email: pcanaday@scexpress.com
Web domain: scexpress.com

Registration

Officers: Phillip Canaday Jr · John Wroby
USDOT / docket: 568488 · FF-13022
First registered: Jul 11, 1994
Last MCS-150: Jul 15, 2024 · 4,370,005 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Oct 12, 2000
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

119

Power units

129

Drivers

129

CDL drivers

4,370,005

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 COUNTIES EXPRESS INC.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC (USDOT 568488) has a Vektor safety score of 82/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 26, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Jun 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 26, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 13.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier received 20 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 15 vehicle-level and 20 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 26, 2026.

It reports 119 power units and 129 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 15, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Oct 12, 2000 in the federal record refreshed Jul 26, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC's USDOT number is 568488, and its motor carrier number is FF-13022.

Is SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 26, 2026, SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC's safety record?

SOUTHERN COUNTIES EXPRESS INC has a 13.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 104 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 82/100 (tier: review).