Carrier profile · USDOT 20214 · MC-106054 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

SOUTHERN COUNTIES TERMINALS

DBA GRILEY AIR FREIGHT

78 power unitsavg 11.6 yrLocal · 1 statesLOS ANGELES, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-106054 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksgrileyair.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 6.7%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 — 45 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 7.3 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 6

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 78-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
78
Inspections · 24 mo
51
Annualized
≈26 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
37%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.40 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20232002
20222022
20181011
20161001
20152012
20141001
20131111
20122022
20112021
20102012
20081001
20071010
20051001
20041001
20031011
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 2, 2023CA00Yes
May 25, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2022CA01Yes
Mar 1, 2022CA01Yes
Mar 30, 2018CA01Yes
Oct 28, 2016CA00Yes
Sep 29, 2015CA00Yes
Jan 20, 2015CA01Yes
Mar 26, 2014CA00Yes
Jun 28, 2013CA22Yes
Oct 9, 2012CA01Yes
Mar 17, 2012CA02Yes
Mar 22, 2011CA02Yes
Jan 18, 2011CA01No
Mar 30, 2010CA00Yes
Jan 17, 2010CA01Yes
Sep 11, 2008CA00Yes
Dec 26, 2007CA01No
Aug 31, 2005CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2004CA00Yes
Feb 24, 2003TX01Yes
Aug 18, 1999CA00Yes