Carrier profile · USDOT 225540 · MC-146826 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC

39 power unitsavg 10.3 yrLocal · 1 statesHOUSTON, TX100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-146826 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

39Power units

8 observed · MCS-150

11Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.3Avg age (yr)

1997–2023 · vPIC

Call dispatch(713) 633-8889 Email dispatchsafety@southwestfreight.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Active operating authorityInsurance on file

Watch · 0

Nothing flagged.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 44 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1982.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 30 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo7.1%

▼ 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-mo7.1%

▼ 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

39 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.3 yr

Model years 1997–2023 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

43 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1982 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

15 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 7.1%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 — 14 vehicle and 15 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 10.1 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 39-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: 39
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 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 Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
172.602 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not 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 ’20 · 9 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

State Pennsylvania’94–’00

Carolina’02–’09

Rli’04–’10

Great West’15–’20

beyond this history

1989199920092019now

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 · RLI INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2020

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Aug 2015 → Aug 2020	$1M	1
HALLMARK COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2013 → Aug 2015	$1M	2
MAXUM CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Aug 2012 → Aug 2013	$1M	1
HOME STATE COUNTY MUTUAL INS. CO.	Aug 2010 → Aug 2012	$1M	2
RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2004 → Aug 2010	$1M	3
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2002 → Mar 2009	$1M	4
OLD AMERICAN COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE INS COMPANY	Mar 2000 → Mar 2002	$1M	2
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Mar 1994 → Mar 2000	$1M	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Feb 1989 → Feb 1990	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 39
Observed power (24 mo): 8
Trailers (towed): 11

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.3 yr

Average age

2023

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

20.0%

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

TX busiest

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

Home base

HOUSTON, TX

9005 SPIKEWOOD DRIVE

Top corridor

TX 15

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2581622 USDOT 3338849 USDOT 92693

Shares a company officer with other carriers

kyle johnson — 32 carriers: USDOT 950274 USDOT 1476918 USDOT 1479935 USDOT 1776240 USDOT 1912802 USDOT 2120780 USDOT 2247381 USDOT 2273357

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

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: 9005 SPIKEWOOD DRIVE, HOUSTON, TX, 77078
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (713) 633-8889
Fax: (713) 635-5162
Email: safety@southwestfreight.com
Web domain: southwestfreight.com

Registration

Officers: Kyle Johnson · Stanley Forbes
USDOT / docket: 225540 · MC-146826
First registered: Dec 1, 1982
Last MCS-150: Mar 17, 2026 · 958,739 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Jan 7, 2010
D-U-N-S: 58269200

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

958,739

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 SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC.

SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC (USDOT 225540) has a Vektor safety score of 100/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from RLI INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 1, 2020 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 7.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 15 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 15 driver-level — across 1 state, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 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 18, 2026.

It reports 39 power units and 23 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 17, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Jan 7, 2010 in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC's USDOT number?

SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC's USDOT number is 225540, and its motor carrier number is MC-146826.

Is SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC's safety record?

SOUTHWEST FREIGHT INC has a 7.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 30 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 100/100 (tier: clear).