Smith Creek Logistics LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 56
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 28
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 48 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 40 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | IN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 7, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2022 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2022 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2021 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2021 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2021 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2020 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 30, 2019 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 3, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |