JOHN L SMITH TRUCKING LLC
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Company officer
- JOHN SMITH
- Operation
- Interstate
- Registered since
- 2005-08-24
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-02-25
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 1 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 2 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares officers with 59 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
16 events- 02/25/2026MCS-150 update filed
0.0M mi reported (2025)
- 06/21/2023Insurance cancelled — WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 1000190981
- 06/11/2023Insurance filed — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy CA-ZR3198
- 06/11/2023Insurance replaced — WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.
BIPD/Primary · policy 1000190981
- 06/11/2019Insurance replaced — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA-ZA4139
- 06/11/2018Insurance replaced — PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 6219186
- 06/11/2017Insurance replaced — PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 6219186
- 06/11/2017Insurance cancelled — INTEGRITY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA 2650937
- 05/15/2017CONTRACT — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (06/15/2017)
- 07/16/2015Insurance cancelled — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA-X45140
- 06/11/2015Insurance replaced — ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CA-X45140
- 09/30/2012Insurance cancelled — NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP
CARGO · policy ACP CIM 7104183007
- 06/11/2012Insurance replaced — NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP
BIPD/Primary · policy ACP BA 7104183007
- 09/20/2009Insurance replaced — GENERAL CASUALTY COMPANY OF WISCONSIN
BIPD/Primary · policy CTP00448008
- 09/23/2005MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER — GRANTED
- 08/24/2005Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-02-25
- Reported mileage
- 40,162 mi (2025)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyJanuary, 2021
First on-record entry — JOHN L SMITH TRUCKING LLC, DE WITT, IA
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