Carrier profile · USDOT 306537 · MC-205285 · Updated Jul 4, 2026

Swfl Corporation

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202 power unitsavg 9 yrNational · 31 statesEL PASO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-205285 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksswflines.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 19.6%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 — 322 vehicle and 503 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.8% · 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 3.8 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

494 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 34

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 202-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
202
Inspections · 24 mo
504
Annualized
≈252 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving139 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance60 · 19 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance52 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance43 · 18 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 31 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

128 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

110ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 301 total · 16 in 24 mo

301
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
110
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
2025130213
20245025
2023102510
20228038
2021113510
2020120212
20198038
2018130312
20177037
2016161716
20159128
20146046
20136026
2012130412
20114114
2010140214
20095035
2008190618
2007101610
2006160315
20052111020
2004121711
200310159
20026046
2001130413
20007017
19997017
19982002
19974033
19964033
19954024
19943022
19931001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 24, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 17, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 30, 2025AR00Yes
Jul 10, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 13, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2025AZ00Yes
Apr 24, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 28, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2025MO02Yes
Feb 9, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 11, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 25, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2024TX01Yes
Mar 3, 2024TX01Yes
Jan 18, 2024OK00Yes
Nov 26, 2023TX10Yes
Oct 24, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 16, 2023MS01Yes
Aug 4, 2023OK11Yes
Jul 15, 2023OK00Yes
Jul 14, 2023TX01Yes