Carrier profile · USDOT 2253695 · MC-771271 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Southwest Carriers LLC

16 power unitsavg 4.6 yrMulti-region · 15 statesPHOENIX, AZ100/100
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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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 21.9 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20221001
20214004
20201001
20191011
20162002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2023KS00Yes
Sep 29, 2022AZ00Yes
Sep 25, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 6, 2021AZ00Yes
Jun 10, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 23, 2021MO00Yes
Aug 6, 2020AZ00Yes
May 17, 2019WV01Yes
Mar 25, 2016AZ00Yes
Feb 25, 2016WV00Yes