DANNY SMITH TRUCKING INC

DOT# 2547656 Kinston, NC Authorized For-Hire
(252) 521-3232 billing.dannysmithtrucking@gmail.com 2446 Hwy 258 North, Kinston NC 28504
7 power units · all owned 7 drivers
Intrastate Only
Strong
FRED Score 82.1 / 100
Low confidence
12 yrs history · 70 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
7 · 0
Annual miles
100k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 7 0 0 7
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
10-06-2014 (12 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
06-04-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHASITY ROUSE SMITH
Officer
DANNY BARWICK SMITH

Cargo

24.8
minimal risk
Building Materials Other: AGGREGATES Farm Supplies Construction

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 (pu6_9) 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 North Carolina only. Intrastate fleets in North Carolina are inspected about 1 a year for every 2 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. Its roadside record counts the same way as an interstate fleet's.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 3% above typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.12×, out-of-service orders 0.30× and violations 0.37× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -34%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
Strengths
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 6.7% vs 30.6% for intrastate motor carriers; driver 1.4% vs 8.5%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 93% of inspections found no violations.
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.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
70
93% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
6.7%
2 of 30
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
1.4%
1 of 70
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
8
3 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 6–9 trucks in North Carolina (about 7 in 24 months would be typical; 46% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 8 inspections, 0 out of service 8 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 10 inspections, 0 out of service 10 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 12 inspections, 0 out of service 12 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 13 inspections, 1 out of service 13 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q3 '26
vs 2,887 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.021
Inspections 6.93 0.70
Violations 0.57 1.01
Critical violations 0.21 0.13

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Lights 4 · Tires 2 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Other qualification 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service 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
  • Oct
    2
    2024
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • North Carolina (HQ) 70

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).