Carrier profile · USDOT 929285 · MC-400706 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITH-CARGO TRANSPORTATION LLC

77 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 16 statesRIVERVIEW, FL47/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-400706 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMATUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 29.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.1% · 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 4.4 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 77-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
77
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving25 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
7False logs
3Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 50 total · 3 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242002
20233012
20224104
20212011
20204004
20193021
20187007
20172022
20163013
20153003
20144024
20132022
20122002
20111001
20104004
20081011
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 19, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 20, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 6, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 5, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 18, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 7, 2023FL01No
Mar 23, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 7, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 28, 2022FL00Yes
Apr 5, 2022MS10Yes
Mar 15, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 5, 2021FL00Yes
Mar 26, 2021FL01No
Sep 8, 2020NV00Yes
Aug 17, 2020KY00Yes
May 26, 2020FL00Yes
Feb 7, 2020FL00Yes
Nov 22, 2019AR00Yes
Oct 14, 2019FL01No
Jul 16, 2019FL01No
Nov 15, 2018PA00Yes
Jul 18, 2018FL00Yes
Jun 22, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 2, 2018FL00Yes
Apr 15, 2018IN00Yes