Carrier profile · USDOT 478798 · MC-668297 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kim R Smith Trucking Inc

DBA KRS EXPRESS INC

2 power unitsavg 19 yrLocal · 1 statesTATUM, TX50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-668297 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 2 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

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

≈0.5 / 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 · 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

11measure

SMS · 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.

393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 2 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2017	1	0	0	1
2012	3	0	0	3
2011	5	1	1	5
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	3	0	1	2
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2002	3	0	1	3
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	3	0	1	3

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 4, 2017	CO	0	0	Yes
Nov 6, 2012	TX	0	0	Yes
Jul 31, 2012	LA	0	0	Yes
Jun 30, 2012	LA	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 2011	TX	1	0	Yes
Nov 9, 2011	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 24, 2011	LA	0	0	Yes
Aug 1, 2011	TX	0	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2011	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 8, 2007	LA	0	0	Yes
Aug 28, 2006	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2006	LA	0	0	Yes
Feb 13, 2006	TX	0	1	No
May 9, 2005	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 21, 2004	TX	0	2	Yes
Mar 24, 2004	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 13, 2002	LA	0	1	Yes
Apr 22, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Jan 31, 2002	LA	0	0	Yes
May 23, 2000	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 1999	LA	0	1	Yes
Jan 18, 1999	LA	0	0	Yes
Jan 18, 1999	LA	0	0	Yes