Safety · Carrier profile · USDOT 973705
JOHN W SMITH
NEWPORT, VA 50
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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%
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.
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 2-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
- Registered power units
- 2
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 2
- Annualized
- ≈1 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
Unsafe Driving
0violations
Hours-of-Service
0violations
Driver Fitness
0violations
Controlled Substances
0violations
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 2 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 5 total · 0 in 24 mo
Total crashes
In last 24 mo
Fatal
Injury
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2019 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 09/03/2019 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/20/2016 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/06/2006 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 04/10/2002 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |