Carrier profile · USDOT 159327 · MC-1648841 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITH CONSTRUCTORS INC

31 power unitsRegional · 3 statesCOLUMBIA, TN82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1648841 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssmith-constructors.comFMCSA SAFER

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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 14 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 53.3 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

14 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Feb '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 31-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
31
Inspections · 24 mo
14
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 172.200 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253022
20241011
20232002
20071001
19931000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 20, 2025TN01No
Jun 4, 2025TN00Yes
May 6, 2025NC01Yes
May 29, 2024TN02Yes
Jun 9, 2023TN00Yes
May 31, 2023TN00Yes
May 31, 2007TN00Yes
Jan 25, 1993MI00No