Carrier profile · USDOT 430314 · MC-238373 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Southwest Traders Incorporated

85 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 4 statesTEMECULA, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238373 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssouthwesttraders.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 14.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 184 vehicle and 246 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.1% · 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 2.2 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

240 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 19

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 85-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
249
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving83 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 127 total · 4 in 24 mo

127
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
48
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253003
20241001
20235025
20226116
20215025
20201001
20197036
2018142413
20176026
20166035
20154004
20142002
20132011
20124014
2011110510
20106016
2009110610
20086036
20073023
20067026
20053023
20042022
20021111
20012022
20002002
19991001
19942022
19921000
19912000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026CA01Yes
Jul 29, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 9, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 20, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 30, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2023CA04Yes
Apr 21, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2023CA01Yes
Apr 20, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 28, 2022CA00Yes
Aug 2, 2022CA01Yes
May 28, 2022CA10Yes
Apr 17, 2022CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2022AZ00Yes
Feb 17, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 18, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 18, 2021CA01Yes
May 5, 2021CA01Yes
May 3, 2021CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2021CA00Yes
Dec 16, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 28, 2019CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2019CA00Yes
Oct 4, 2019CA01No