T a Schmidt Trucking Inc
DBA SCHMIDT TRUCKING
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
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3
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
- 11
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 18
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2021 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2019 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2016 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2016 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2016 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2015 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 27, 2015 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2014 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |