Carrier profile · USDOT 246204 · MC-156598 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SMITH TRANSPORT LLC

DBA SMITH TRANSPORT

572 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 25 statesROARING SPRING, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156598 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssmithtransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 312 vehicle and 652 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.5 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

619 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 46

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 572-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
572
Inspections · 24 mo
652
Annualized
≈326 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving292 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 29 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance49 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 30 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

68ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,130 total · 59 in 24 mo

1,130
Total crashes
59
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
410
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026150215
20252701127
20243201030
20233611435
20224921448
20214801545
2020412940
20194611245
20185111350
20173701236
20164201342
20154121139
20143521134
20133301431
20123621432
20113301032
20105001645
20093511632
20085912647
20074612236
20064001529
20053321425
20043211128
20033932128
20023201326
20014001733
20002601321
1999160616
1998150814
19976126
1996130513
1995140512
19941501014
199310125
19924014
19912011
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 8, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 15, 2026PA00Yes
May 14, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 25, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 19, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 18, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 8, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 8, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 8, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 17, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 8, 2026PA01Yes
Jan 15, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 10, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025CT00Yes
Dec 10, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 10, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 6, 2025PA02Yes
Oct 31, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 21, 2025WV00Yes
Oct 14, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 11, 2025KY00Yes