Carrier profile · USDOT 825760 · MC-366621 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

K & Z Enterprises Inc

DBA SMITH'S TRUCKING

19 power unitsavg 9 yrNational · 21 statesCLANTON, AL93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-366621 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 · vs national

Vehicle OOS 31.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 35 vehicle and 62 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 32.7 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

60 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 62
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

72%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

62%

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

4False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	2	1	1	2
2018	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2013	2	0	1	2
2004	3	0	0	3
2003	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 7, 2022	AL	0	0	Yes
Dec 20, 2021	IN	1	1	Yes
Feb 9, 2021	OR	0	0	Yes
Mar 23, 2018	LA	0	1	Yes
Apr 1, 2017	CA	0	2	Yes
Jul 28, 2016	AL	0	0	Yes
Jul 23, 2013	TN	0	1	Yes
Mar 13, 2013	AL	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2004	TX	0	0	Yes
Apr 28, 2004	AL	0	0	Yes
Apr 8, 2004	AL	0	0	Yes
Nov 25, 2003	GA	0	1	No