Carrier profile · USDOT 651682 · MC-455564 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Smith's High Tech Automotive Service Inc

DBA SMITH'S TOWING

16 power unitsavg 8.4 yrRegional · 3 statesERLANGER, KY82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-455564 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 3

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 16-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
16
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 387.303 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20242021
20231001
20211011
20203012
20181001
20172002
20161001
20152012
20143013
20121010
20111001
20101001
20061001
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026KY02Yes
Sep 13, 2024KY01No
Jun 3, 2024KY02Yes
Oct 30, 2023KY00Yes
May 26, 2021KY01Yes
Jul 22, 2020KY00Yes
Jun 6, 2020KY00Yes
Jan 28, 2020KY01No
Jul 23, 2018KY00Yes
Dec 12, 2017KY00Yes
Oct 13, 2017KY00Yes
Jun 11, 2016OH00Yes
Apr 23, 2015KY01Yes
Mar 25, 2015KY00Yes
Sep 20, 2014KY01Yes
Aug 21, 2014KY00Yes
Jan 13, 2014OH00Yes
Jan 3, 2012KY01No
Jul 24, 2011KY00Yes
Feb 4, 2010KY00Yes
Feb 13, 2006KY00Yes
Aug 15, 1998KY01No