SMITH-ROWE 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
133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 11
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
- 200
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 135
- Annualized
- ≈68 / 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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 181 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 19 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2016 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 27, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2015 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2011 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 9, 2004 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |