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Company CheckSMD EXPRESS LLC · DOT 2575421

4075 QUENTIN BLVD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43230-8524

DOT# 2575421 MC# 900730 Columbus, Ohio 11 years

CARRIER Physical address changed · Jun 20, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 1

Jun 20, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 11, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 29, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Jan 15, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Sep 5, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION CONTRACT.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(614) 599-0810

Fax(614) 868-3907

Email[email protected]

Physical Address4075 QUENTIN BLVD, COLUMBUS, OH, 43230-8524

Mailing Address331 BARKLEY PLACE WEST, WHITEHALL, OH, 43213

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC900730

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating11 years

Company Overview

SMD EXPRESS LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Columbus, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 11 years, registered with the FMCSA on 01/27/2015. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 2 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 101,000 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SMD EXPRESS LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage101,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/24/2025

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300209495

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage101,000 mi

Operating11 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2025

2 · 0 OOS —

Crashes

2025

1 crash —

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Aug 2025 — 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean — no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score — older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
01/15/2025	Ref Marker:	NY	0	2	1	1	Fog/Smog	Wet	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

5 roadside violations across 2 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results — not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/11/2025 ▼	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAWESVILLE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving) 392.2-SLL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
04/29/2025 ▼	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARDINGTON OH	3	0	0	0	0	0	-
Violations (3) 393.45B2-B-AIR — CFR 393.45B2-B-AIR Non-OOS 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 392.2-SLLMF — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	BE0333000215-00	$750,000	09/05/2023	09/05/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	BE0133000266-01	$750,000	09/05/2022	09/05/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY	BE0133000266-00	$750,000	09/05/2021	09/05/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	745534001	$750,000	09/05/2020	09/05/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	870624001	$750,000	09/05/2020	09/05/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.	CA 1090099	$750,000	09/05/2019	09/05/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GRT28654A	$1,000,000	09/04/2024	09/24/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS064573	$750,000	05/23/2016	09/06/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS049714	$750,000	05/19/2015	05/18/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC900730	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/13/2019	-	-
MC900730	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/09/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/05/2024
MC900730	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/09/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/11/2023
MC900730	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/09/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/22/2022
MC900730	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/02/2016	REVOKED	09/12/2016
MC900730	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/27/2015	REVOKED	05/24/2016

No revocation records.

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100 — no deductions

Clean record — the bar stays full at 100.

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record — no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back — the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A — not required — never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty — we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark — for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference — the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes — rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

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