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DOT #2469664 · SMITH TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION LLC
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SMITH TOWING AND TRANSPORTATION LLC

DOT# 2469664 MC# 854797 Greensboro, NC Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(336) 338-5281 pearl972000@yahoo.com 3717 Wynterhall Way, Greensboro NC 27405
1 power units · all owned 1 drivers
HazMat Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
12 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
1
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
1 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 0 0 1
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Cargo Operation
Intrastate HM
Scope
Intrastate (Within 100 miles)
FMCSA Rating
Conditional (06-06-2017)historical — superseded by active authority (reviewed 9 yr ago)
Registered
01-23-2014 (12 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-12-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
EARL SMITH III

Cargo

73.7
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu1) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Intrastate operation

Runs within one state. Roadside inspections are rarer for intrastate fleets than for interstate ones, so this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too.

Not enough record to grade yet.

1 inspection and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 1 truck with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 1 truck.

80% likely range 0.07×–2.82×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.0 vs 0.0 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.0
Similar fleets
0.0

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (1 power unit).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Too little record to tell. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have under 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 6.40× and out-of-service orders 1.52× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +22%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 10 of 25 violations (40%). Light or brake defects led to 1 out-of-service order.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
  • Historical FMCSA safety rating
    FMCSA once rated this motor carrier Conditional or Unsatisfactory, but the rating is stale or superseded — the motor carrier still holds active operating authority (a current Unsatisfactory would have it revoked), so it does not reflect current standing. Shown for context, not as a current finding.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Aug 2025 – Aug 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
1 of 1
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
100.0%
1 of 1
National avg 6.7%
Violations
25
5 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 1 truck in North Carolina (about 2 in 24 months would be typical; 50% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25
vs 2,469 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.067
Inspections 1.00 2.96
Violations 12.50 2.96
Critical violations 0.50 0.67

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Owner-Operator power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

25 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    24 · 4 OOS
    Lights 10 · Brakes 4 · Cargo securement 2 · Steering & suspension 1 · Other parts 7
  • Hours of service No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No log 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY, ended Aug 19, 2024 (cancellation notice took effect).
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 1 liability insurer on FMCSA's record, 1 change: STONEWOOD INSURANCE COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2024)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Aug 19, 2024, not replaced on FMCSA's record)

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 26, 2024)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Virginia 1
Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/2469664