Carrier profile · USDOT 6943 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

SCHMIDT BAKING COMPANY

34 power unitsavg 6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesNOTTINGHAM, MD88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 2.6%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 — 39 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 10.4 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 34-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
56
Annualized
28 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 96 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 72 total · 1 in 24 mo

72
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20233003
20224104
20214034
20201011
20192012
20183022
20173003
20163013
20153013
20144124
20131001
20125023
20116135
20102011
20081011
20073123
20063023
20051010
20041011
20031001
20011010
20003013
19993013
19984023
19972012
19963033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 28, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 1, 2024MD00Yes
Jul 16, 2023MD00Yes
Jun 12, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 4, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 2, 2022MD00Yes
Jun 18, 2022PA10Yes
Jan 28, 2022MD00Yes
Jan 1, 2022VA00Yes
Nov 26, 2021PA02Yes
Oct 10, 2021NJ02Yes
May 28, 2021PA01Yes
Apr 2, 2021MD00Yes
Feb 2, 2020MD01Yes
Dec 28, 2019DE00Yes
Oct 28, 2019PA03Yes
Sep 29, 2018PA01No
Apr 6, 2018PA02Yes
Jan 19, 2018PA00Yes
Aug 29, 2017VA00Yes
Mar 15, 2017PA00Yes
Jan 10, 2017MD00Yes
May 6, 2016NJ03Yes
Apr 18, 2016NJ00Yes
Jan 27, 2016MD00Yes