Carrier profile · USDOT 709610 · MC-323242 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ADVANCE DISTRIBUTION INC

DBA SMITH TRANSFER

23 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 11 statesKOKOMO, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-323242 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 23.5%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 — 17 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 23-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 40 total · 6 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20244004
20221001
20213123
20201001
20192002
20185015
20172012
20163013
20151011
20146036
20131001
20111001
20052102
20041001
20021011
20011001
20001001
19981001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026IN01Yes
Sep 24, 2025MI01Yes
Aug 21, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 19, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 6, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 5, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 9, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 7, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 10, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2021TN12Yes
Jan 8, 2021NC01Yes
Mar 19, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 22, 2019WV00Yes
Mar 8, 2019IL00Yes
Jun 5, 2018OH00Yes
May 25, 2018IN00Yes
Apr 17, 2018MI00Yes
Feb 19, 2018MI02Yes
Feb 9, 2018MI00Yes
Dec 24, 2017IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2017IL02Yes
Dec 21, 2016IN00Yes
Oct 21, 2016IL01Yes
Mar 21, 2016GA00Yes
Mar 3, 2015IL03Yes