SMITH & WATERS 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
50 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 5
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
- 23
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 53
- Annualized
- ≈27 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 69 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2023 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2019 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2019 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2017 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2016 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2014 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2014 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2014 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2014 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2014 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |