Carrier profile · USDOT 6884 · MC-850889 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Edward T Smith & Sons Inc

4 power unitsHALETHORPE, MD50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-850889 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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

Vehicle OOS —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 1 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 27 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	6	0	4	5
2015	1	0	0	1
2011	2	0	1	2
2010	2	0	0	2
2008	2	1	2	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	1	1	0	1
2005	2	0	1	2
2003	2	0	1	2
2002	2	0	1	2
1997	2	1	1	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 17, 2025	MD	0	0	Yes
May 15, 2021	MD	0	0	Yes
Jul 5, 2017	MD	0	0	Yes
Jun 29, 2017	MD	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2016	MD	0	1	No
Sep 12, 2016	MD	0	3	Yes
Aug 11, 2016	MD	0	1	Yes
Feb 24, 2016	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 11, 2016	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 8, 2016	MD	0	1	Yes
Oct 27, 2015	MD	0	0	Yes
Nov 18, 2011	MD	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 2011	MD	0	1	Yes
Dec 3, 2010	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 15, 2010	MD	0	0	Yes
Jun 11, 2008	MD	1	1	Yes
May 20, 2008	MD	0	1	No
Mar 14, 2007	MD	0	0	Yes
Sep 11, 2006	MD	1	0	Yes
Dec 16, 2005	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 13, 2005	MD	0	1	Yes
Dec 5, 2003	MD	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2003	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2002	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2002	MD	0	0	Yes