Carrier profile · USDOT 62143 · MC-9251 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S & M Truck Line Inc

50 power unitsavg 6.9 yrLocal · 2 statesSALEM, OR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-9251 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 11.1 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 50-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 57 total · 3 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20241001
20231011
20222002
20212022
20201101
20195014
20183003
20172002
20167026
20152012
20144004
20132011
20123013
20115115
20103003
20092002
20082002
20061001
20051001
20041001
20031001
20001001
19992002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 6, 2025WA00Yes
Apr 30, 2025WA00Yes
Feb 24, 2025OR00Yes
Mar 20, 2024WA00Yes
Dec 16, 2023OR01Yes
Dec 16, 2022OR00Yes
Apr 13, 2022OR00Yes
Aug 18, 2021OR01Yes
Apr 8, 2021OR01Yes
Feb 8, 2020OR10Yes
Nov 6, 2019OR01No
Oct 5, 2019WA00Yes
Jun 13, 2019WA00Yes
Mar 8, 2019WA00Yes
Feb 22, 2019OR00Yes
Dec 19, 2018WA00Yes
Oct 6, 2018OR00Yes
Oct 3, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2017OR00Yes
Aug 27, 2017OR00Yes
Dec 16, 2016OR01Yes
Dec 8, 2016OR00Yes
Sep 20, 2016OR00Yes
Aug 11, 2016OR00Yes
Aug 4, 2016OR01No