Carrier profile · USDOT 1552507 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMITHFIELD DIRECT LLC

200 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 24 statesLISLE, IL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 14.3%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 — 161 vehicle and 288 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 2.2 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

278 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 20

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 200-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
200
Inspections · 24 mo
288
Annualized
≈144 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 126 total · 12 in 24 mo

126
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
51
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20258018
20245015
20236056
20224014
20213003
20204134
2019150615
20188047
20179039
2016100410
20157036
20148058
20133003
20125125
20118158
20106035
20093022
20087017
20075015
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 1, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 30, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 22, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 8, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 8, 2025IA00Yes
Mar 25, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 19, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 15, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 22, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 13, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 31, 2024NC00Yes
Jan 23, 2024WI00Yes
Dec 18, 2023IN01Yes
Nov 1, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 23, 2023VA01Yes
Sep 18, 2023IL01Yes
Mar 14, 2023KS01Yes
Jan 16, 2023IA01Yes
Aug 29, 2022OH01Yes
May 18, 2022MO00Yes
May 4, 2022KS00Yes
Feb 24, 2022IN00Yes