Carrier profile · USDOT 13461 · MC-1497159 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD

78 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesPENTICTON, BC70/100

NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-1497159 NO AUTHORITYHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

78Power units

43 observed · MCS-150

68Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

9.8Avg age (yr)

2000–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(250) 492-4042 Email dispatchsafety@berryandsmith.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Established 52 yearsOut-of-service rates below national averageNo active operating authority

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 2

Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 130 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$5M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo9.1%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

78 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

9.8 yr

Model years 2000–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

81 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 9.1%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 — 55 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.3% · 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 8

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 78-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 78
Inspections · 24 mo: 81
Annualized: ≈41 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$5,000,000 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

$5M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $5M 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

$5M BIPD last filed ’11 · 3 insurers · 0 lapsesContinuous

Virginia’85–’99

Zurich’99–’03

National Interstate’03–’11

beyond this history

1985199620072018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 3 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $5,000,000 · INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA · since Dec 2011

All 3 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2003 → Dec 2011	$5M	2
ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	Jul 1999 → Apr 2003	$5M	1
VIRGINIA SURETY COMPANY, INC.	Jun 1985 → Jul 1999	$5M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 78
Observed power (24 mo): 43
Trailers (towed): 68

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

9.8 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2000

Oldest model yr

25.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 10 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

WA busiest

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

Home base

PENTICTON, BC

301 WARREN AVE EAST

Top corridor

WA ⇄ BC

WA 29 · ID 22 · MT 11

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

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

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 659729Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (15 trucks · 16 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 659729 USDOT 866743 USDOT 443437 USDOT 1064658 USDOT 799734 USDOT 1083457 USDOT 82866 USDOT 273245

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@berryandsmith.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 527230

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: 301 WARREN AVE EAST, PENTICTON, BC, V2A 3M1
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (250) 492-4042
Fax: (250) 492-7655
Email: safety@berryandsmith.com
Web domain: berryandsmith.com

Registration

Officers: Parker Berry · Kaolin Mallette
USDOT / docket: 13461 · MC-1497159
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: May 1, 2026 · 5,975,883 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: 201008133

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

5,975,883

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 BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD.

BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD (USDOT 13461) has a Vektor safety score of 70/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 24, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $5,000,000 limit in force from INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA effective Dec 1, 2011 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 24, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 9.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier received 81 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 55 vehicle-level and 81 driver-level — across 10 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 24, 2026.

It reports 78 power units and 78 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 1, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 24, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD's USDOT number?

BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD's USDOT number is 13461, and its motor carrier number is MC-1497159.

Is BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD authorized to operate?

As of Jul 24, 2026, BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD's safety record?

BERRY & SMITH TRUCKING LTD has a 9.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 130 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 70/100 (tier: review).