Carrier profile · USDOT 458406 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITH READY MIX INC

114 power unitsRegional · 3 statesVALPARAISO, IN88/100

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 —24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

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

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 114-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: 114
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 7 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	3	0	1	3
2024	3	0	0	3
2023	3	0	0	3
2022	2	0	1	2
2019	2	0	1	2
2015	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	0	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	5	0	3	2
2001	2	1	1	2
2000	1	0	1	0
1997	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 5, 2026	IN	0	0	Yes
Oct 29, 2025	IN	0	1	Yes
Apr 15, 2025	IN	0	0	Yes
Jan 23, 2025	IN	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2024	IN	0	0	Yes
Oct 14, 2024	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 24, 2024	IN	0	0	Yes
Nov 8, 2023	IN	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2023	IN	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2023	IN	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 2022	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 28, 2022	IN	0	2	Yes
Apr 2, 2019	IN	0	1	Yes
Jan 2, 2019	IN	0	0	Yes
Jun 10, 2015	IN	0	5	Yes
Sep 23, 2014	IN	0	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2004	IN	0	0	Yes
Dec 5, 2002	IN	0	0	Yes
Nov 22, 2002	IN	0	0	Yes
Jul 23, 2002	IN	0	1	No
Jul 12, 2002	IN	0	1	No
Apr 5, 2002	IN	0	1	No
May 9, 2001	IN	3	0	Yes
Feb 14, 2001	IN	0	1	Yes
Sep 28, 2000	IN	0	1	No