Carrier profile · USDOT 319561 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VAN SMITH CO INC

71 power unitsavg 9 yrLocal · 1 statesCHARLESTON, SC88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 18 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 71-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
11.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 46 total · 5 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253033
20243123
20231011
20222012
20211011
20203023
20195054
20181011
20172022
20161011
20152020
20121001
20112002
20051010
20042020
20032011
20023013
20002012
19993123
19984024
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026SC00Yes
Aug 15, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 12, 2025SC01Yes
Mar 24, 2025SC02Yes
Aug 24, 2024SC22Yes
Apr 8, 2024SC01Yes
Feb 19, 2024SC00Yes
Sep 18, 2023SC01Yes
Nov 18, 2022SC00Yes
Aug 26, 2022SC01Yes
Dec 6, 2021SC02Yes
Oct 28, 2020SC01Yes
Apr 30, 2020SC01Yes
Jan 27, 2020SC00Yes
Dec 16, 2019SC01Yes
Nov 20, 2019SC01Yes
May 21, 2019SC01No
Mar 29, 2019SC01Yes
Jan 16, 2019SC01Yes
Feb 13, 2018SC02Yes
Jun 26, 2017SC02Yes
Apr 17, 2017SC01Yes
Mar 21, 2016SC01Yes
May 4, 2015SC01No
Jan 20, 2015SC01No