Carrier profile · USDOT 853967 · MC-376112 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITH TRANSPORTATION INC

59 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 22 statesKANSAS CITY, KS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-376112 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 2.4 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

93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
1%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
67%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 62 total · 7 in 24 mo

62
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252002
20242012
20234024
20224004
20216016
20201011
20195015
20184014
20177037
20163013
20152021
20142002
20133013
20121001
20113003
20102012
20091001
20062011
20054014
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 4, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 25, 2026GA00Yes
Sep 22, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 25, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 22, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 15, 2024SC01Yes
Dec 28, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 8, 2023OH00Yes
Jun 21, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 10, 2023AR01Yes
Sep 23, 2022OK00Yes
Aug 30, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 23, 2022KY00Yes
Mar 19, 2022GA00Yes
Sep 11, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 9, 2021NC00Yes
Aug 27, 2021TN00Yes
Jul 17, 2021MO00Yes
May 7, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 29, 2021GA03Yes
Jan 12, 2020TX01Yes
Dec 16, 2019MO00Yes
Jul 22, 2019MO01Yes
Mar 16, 2019IL00Yes