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DRAGON TRANSPORTS LLC

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Company CheckDRAGON TRANSPORTS LLC · DOT 4177691

1598 E WASHINGTON AVE, EL CAJON, CA, 92019

DOT# 4177691 MC# 1607951 El Cajon, California 2 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

123

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Sep 24, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Sep 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 14, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Nov 17, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address1598 E WASHINGTON AVE, EL CAJON, CA, 92019

Mailing Address1598 E WASHINGTON AVE, EL CAJON, CA, 92019-2546

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1607951

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating2 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 2.68 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .45 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .08 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure .67 · 8 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage94,401 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS1.5% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS7.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/20/2026

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/30/2026

CompanySOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC

Policy #SWR-CA-0002553-26

Last checked09/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers3

Mileage94,401 mi

Operating2 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total66

Out of Service1

OOS Rate1.5%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total57

Out of Service4

OOS Rate7.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/20/2026

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

4 · 0 OOS -

2025

42 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

26 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Sep 2026, 70 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (7.1% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
11/17/2024	I-10 @ M217	AZ	0	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

34 roadside violations across 70 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 15 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 1 violation · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (72)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/02/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2026	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	NM	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2026	US	Full (Level I)	LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2026	US	Full (Level I)	LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2026	US	Full (Level I)	LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/03/2026	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	US	Full (Level I)	NORTH LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	US	Full (Level I)	NORTH LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	US	Full (Level I)	NORTH LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	US	Full (Level I)	NORTH LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	US	Full (Level I)	NORTH LAS VEGAS NV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	AZ	Full (Level I)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/27/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2026	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/21/2026	US	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/19/2026	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/28/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MT. PASS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/22/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/20/2025	US	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DESERT HILLS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/01/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/30/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/26/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	TUCSON AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/23/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2025	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2025	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	BEVERLY HILLS	4	0	2	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2025	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	OSINO	4	3	4	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/09/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DESERT HILLS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	ID	Walk-Around (Level II)	IDAHO FALLS ID	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2025	US	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RAINBOW IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	TUCSON AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	RAINBOW IF (NORTHBOUND)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	KINGMAN AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	NV	Full (Level I)	NV	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	I-15 NB S/OF SR-138	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	US	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINTERHAVEN CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	YUMA AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	SAN SIMON AZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	SAN SIMON AZ	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/12/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT COLLINS CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAN ONOFRE IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	US	Full (Level I)	SAN DIEGO CA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RAINBOW IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/07/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	EHRENBERG AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/09/2025	AZ	Full (Level I)	TUCSON AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	ID	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRUITLAND ID	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	RAINBOW IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2024	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	BUCKEYE AZ	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/19/2024	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTICELLO UT	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	MT. PASS IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections69

Unsafe Driving 6 viols

HOS Compliance 5 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 8 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	SWR-CA-0002553-24	$1,000,000	01/31/2024	01/31/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	SWR-CA-0002553-24	$750,000	01/31/2024	01/31/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	SWR-CA-0002553-24	$750,000	01/31/2024	03/03/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	SWR-CA-0002553-24	$1,000,000	01/31/2024	01/31/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SOUTHWIND RISK RETENTION GROUP INC	SWR-CA-0002553-24	$1,000,000	01/31/2024	03/03/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1607951	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/07/2024	-	-
MC1607951	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/06/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2025

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88/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 88

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Limited operating history (1-3 years)−6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−6

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-6

Limited operating history (1-3 years)

Authority granted about 2 year(s) ago.

-6

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−6 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 3 vehicles (~0.33 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

DRAGON TRANSPORTS LLC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (72)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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