S & M TRUCKING LTD

DOT# 299953 MC# 224894 Edwardsville, NS Authorized For-Hire
(902) 567-2260 csives@smtrucking.ns.ca 49 Harbour Dr Sydport Ind Park, Edwardsville NS B2A 4T7
33 tractors · all owned 33 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
39 yrs history · 28 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
33
Drivers · CDL
33 · 33
Annual miles
679k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 33 0 0 33
Trailers 100 0 0 100

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
08-19-1987 (39 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
01-22-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
DONALD L. SIVES

Cargo

65.8
medium risk
Household Goods Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Liquids/Gases Oilfield Equipment Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Dry Bulk Paper Products Farm Supplies Construction Coal/Coke Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, Oilfield Equipment, General Freight, Household Goods, Refrigerated Food, Meat

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.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

28 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks 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 0.4× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

80% likely range 0.33×–1.94×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.5

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-5 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 (33 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.5 a year. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.55× the rate expected for its inspections, but out-of-service orders 0.19×. Together they move its crash estimate -8%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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.
  • Canada-domiciled motor carrier
    Domiciled in Canada — cross-border operating rules and inspection patterns differ from US-based motor carriers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
28
68% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 28
National avg 6.7%
Violations
14
0 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks nationwide (about 34 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 6 inspections, 0 out of service 6 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.015 0.029
Inspections 0.73 1.11
Violations 0.21 0.77
Critical violations 0.02 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

14 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Brakes 3 · Lights 2 · Other parts 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • 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
  • Apr
    3
    2026
    New York
    Property damage only
    Two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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)
$1,000,000 · AIG INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA
on record since Sep 11, 2023 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2011
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → AIG INSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (Sep 2023)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Aug 11, 2016)

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
  • Maine 10
  • Michigan 4
  • New York 4
  • Maryland 3
  • Ohio 2
  • Kentucky 1
  • Massachusetts 1
  • New Jersey 1

Runs well beyond its home state: 0 of 28 inspections were in NS.