Smith Trucking Inc
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
303 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 23
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
- 137
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 309
- Annualized
- ≈155 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.1 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 Driving137 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 21 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 138 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2026 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2026 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2025 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2024 | NE | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2024 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 4, 2024 | SD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2024 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2024 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2024 | SD | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2023 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2023 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2023 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2023 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2023 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |