Southwest Express Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 28
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 56
- Annualized
- ≈28 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 65 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 2025 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2024 | NM | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2021 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2020 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2016 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2016 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 25, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2015 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2013 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2012 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2012 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2011 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2011 | OK | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2011 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2011 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2010 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2010 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2010 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 5, 2009 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2009 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2008 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |