Carrier profile · USDOT 173829 · MC-148159 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Wayne Smith Trucking Inc

123 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 19 statesMORRILTON, AR88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-148159 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksFMCSA SAFER

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 18.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 3.9 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

150 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 11

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 123-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
123
Inspections · 24 mo
154
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.12measure
SMS · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving93 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 114 total · 9 in 24 mo

114
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
47
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20255035
20246116
20232022
20223013
20215135
20206136
20192002
20183023
20174004
20166006
20152012
20142112
20135035
20121001
20114023
20106126
20095125
20082021
20076026
20063023
20051011
20044004
20032002
20022112
20011001
20002012
19992022
19982002
19972022
19962012
19955023
19943112
19933013
19921100
19902011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026AR01Yes
May 9, 2026LA01Yes
Dec 11, 2025AR00Yes
Aug 15, 2025AR01Yes
Jun 20, 2025MO01Yes
May 12, 2025AR01Yes
Mar 28, 2025AR00Yes
Nov 11, 2024AR01Yes
Aug 12, 2024OK00Yes
Apr 27, 2024LA10Yes
Apr 6, 2024AR00Yes
Mar 20, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 6, 2024AR00Yes
Aug 23, 2023TX01Yes
May 26, 2023MO01Yes
Dec 13, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 5, 2022OK00Yes
Jul 18, 2022OK01Yes
Sep 21, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 15, 2021AR21Yes
Jul 31, 2021AR02Yes
May 11, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 16, 2021AR01Yes
Nov 12, 2020AR01Yes
Sep 23, 2020AR01Yes