Carrier profile · USDOT 3997985 · MC-1501793 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southern Trail LLC

128 power unitsavg 4.2 yrMulti-region · 8 statesTRACY, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1501793 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkssouthern-trail.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 7.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 315 vehicle and 405 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.0% · 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

399 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 30

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
≈1.6 / 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
128
Inspections · 24 mo
414
Annualized
≈207 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
17%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance31 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 8 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
19False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 13 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20258048
20246026
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 27, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 27, 2026CO00Yes
Oct 11, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 26, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 26, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 29, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 4, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 13, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 9, 2025CA01Yes
Aug 17, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 26, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 12, 2024CA01Yes
May 8, 2024CA02Yes
Apr 26, 2024NV00Yes
Jan 16, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 12, 2023CA02Yes
Mar 10, 2023CA00Yes