William E Smith Trucking 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
23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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
- 17
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 25
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 46 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2025 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2024 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2023 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2021 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2020 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2019 | NM | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 29, 2018 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2017 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 6, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2016 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2013 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2012 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2011 | NV | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2011 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2011 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2011 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 22, 2008 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |