Carrier profile · USDOT 2152492 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

FSC II LLC

DBA FRED SMITH COMPANY

150 power unitsavg 8.2 yrLocal · 1 statesRALEIGH, NC94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksfredsmithcompany.netFMCSA SAFER

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 14.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 118 vehicle and 275 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 1.9 pts 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

256 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 21

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 150-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
150
Inspections · 24 mo
275
Annualized
≈138 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 415 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 41 total · 6 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20252002
20243023
20235035
20225034
20213023
20202012
20183023
20171001
20162022
20154024
20143012
20131001
20123023
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026NC02Yes
May 26, 2026NC00Yes
May 12, 2026NC02Yes
Oct 3, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 2, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 8, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 3, 2024NC01Yes
Feb 28, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 14, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 26, 2023NC00Yes
May 26, 2023NC01Yes
Apr 12, 2023NC01Yes
Mar 23, 2023NC01Yes
Dec 5, 2022NC01Yes
Nov 16, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 18, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 21, 2022NC01No
Jul 18, 2022NC01Yes
Sep 10, 2021NC01Yes
Jun 24, 2021NC00Yes
May 7, 2021NC01Yes
Aug 17, 2020NC00Yes
Mar 12, 2020NC02Yes
Oct 3, 2018NC00Yes
Jul 10, 2018NC01Yes