Carrier profile · USDOT 148573 · MC-204976 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

William E Smith Trucking Inc

17 power unitsavg 1.9 yrMulti-region · 8 statesMT AIRY, NC94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-204976 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

17Power units

12 observed · MCS-150

21Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

1.9Avg age (yr)

2003–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(336) 786-5815 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Load decision · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Multiple injury crashes20 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.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 47 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 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

17 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

1.9 yr

Model years 2003–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

22 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

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19 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Sep 16, 2026.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026

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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 17-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’23 · 8 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Canal’92–’96

Carolina’02–’07

Great West’08–’15

1992200120102019now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 11 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2023

All 11 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Mar 2022 → Mar 2023	$1M	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2019 → Mar 2022	$1M	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2016 → Mar 2019	$1M	2
INTEGON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	May 2015 → May 2016	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 2008 → May 2015	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2007 → May 2008	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	May 2002 → May 2007	$1M	5
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	May 2001 → May 2002	$1M	1
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	May 1999 → May 2001	$1M	1
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jun 1996 → May 1999	$1M	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1992 → Jun 1996	$1M	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 3, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 17
Observed power (24 mo): 12
Trailers (towed): 21

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

1.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2003

Oldest model yr

51.5%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 8 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusMulti-region

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

North Carolina: 6 inspections
New Mexico: 5 inspections
California: 5 inspections
Tennessee: 4 inspections
Arkansas: 2 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Oklahoma: 1 inspections
Arizona: 1 inspections

Home base

MT AIRY, NC

2973 RIVERSIDE DRIVE

Most inspections: NC

6 inspections

NC 6 · NM 5 · CA 5

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Network & Fraud

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

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 2, 2026

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 3749157Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (17 trucks · 11 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 383914 USDOT 3749157 USDOT 815265 USDOT 2477377 USDOT 849845 USDOT 4188065 USDOT 2266921 USDOT 518463

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@surry.net — 79 carriers: USDOT 158989 USDOT 279917 USDOT 281057 USDOT 373276 USDOT 438922 USDOT 475375 USDOT 484321 USDOT 532133

Shares a company officer with other carriers

will smith — 6 carriers: USDOT 1001614 USDOT 1666893 USDOT 2422649 USDOT 3089228 USDOT 3302517

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 2, 2026

Location

Physical address: 2973 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, MT AIRY, NC, 27030
Mailing address: P O BOX 583, MT AIRY, NC, 27030
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (336) 786-5815
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: surry.net

Registration

Officers: Will Smith · William E Smith
USDOT / docket: 148573 · MC-204976
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Mar 6, 2026 · 2,504,270 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Sep 2, 2008
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,504,270

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 2, 2026

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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vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

0 of 14 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

18violation records

1OOS-tagged records

0 of 14inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

911%1 / 9

Unsafe driving

90%0 / 9

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

30%Stable

15%

30%

n/aNov 24 to May 250 / 0

0%May 25 to Nov 250 / 7

0%Nov 25 to May 260 / 2

0%May 26 to Nov 260 / 5

Top 3 codes (8 of 18 records)

395.24D-ELDPT ELD — record edits / data3
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer3
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2

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392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer2
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSWZ State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
395.8A-ELD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC.

WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC (USDOT 148573) has a Vektor safety score of 94/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 2, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 31, 2023 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 14 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 8 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 3, 2026.

It reports 17 power units and 33 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Sep 2, 2008 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 2, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC's USDOT number?

WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC's USDOT number is 148573, and its motor carrier number is MC-204976.

Is WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 2, 2026. WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC's safety record?

WILLIAM E SMITH TRUCKING INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 47 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 94/100 (tier: clear).