Carrier profile · USDOT 260382 · MC-175706 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITH TRANSIT INC

DBA SMITH COACHES

0 power unitsavg 3.8 yrRegional · 4 statesHELPER, UT100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-175706 ACTIVERATED 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 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 11.2 pts 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle 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 28 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 3 total · 0 in 24 mo

3
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20162002
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 5, 2016MT00Yes
Jan 30, 2016CO00Yes
Jun 25, 2000UT01Yes