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JOHN W SMITH

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Company CheckJOHN W SMITH · DOT 973705

DBA: JOHN WAYNE SMITH TRUCKING

134 MT LAKE RD, NEWPORT, VA, 24128

DOT# 973705 MC# 556512 Newport, Virginia 20 years

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2

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

3

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameJOHN W SMITH

DBA NameJOHN WAYNE SMITH TRUCKING

DOT Number973705

MC Number556512

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationNewport, Virginia

Added08/20/2001

MCS-15011/03/2025

Contact Details

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Physical Address134 MT LAKE RD, NEWPORT, VA, 24128

Mailing AddressP O BOX 233, NEWPORT, VA, 24128

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC556512

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating20 years

Company Overview

JOHN W SMITH is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Newport, Virginia. The company has been in operation for 20 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/20/2001. The fleet consists of 2 power units and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 77,902 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 3 inspections, JOHN W SMITH maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The FMCSA has assigned a Conditional safety rating. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, JOHN W SMITH has a Trust Score of 88/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage77,902 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/05/2005

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective06/25/2018

CompanyPROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA 7793944

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers1

Mileage77,902 mi

Operating20 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 01/05/2005 | Rated: 01/05/2005

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 Feb 2026, 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.

Inspection Records (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/10/2026	WV	Walk-Around (Level II)	PRINCETON WV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	WV	Driver-Only (Level III)	PRINCETON WV	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections2

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2004-12-01	Unsatisfactory = Unfit	ACTIVE	2005-01-05

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$750,000	11/06/2007	11/23/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$750,000	11/06/2007	10/01/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$0	11/06/2007	10/01/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$0	11/06/2007	11/23/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C351214	$0	11/02/2006	07/18/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844002	$750,000	10/31/2008	07/18/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844002	$0	10/31/2008	07/18/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$750,000	10/01/2007	07/18/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$0	10/01/2007	07/18/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	VICTORIA FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY	9148950	$750,000	08/26/2010	06/22/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844003	$750,000	07/18/2009	07/18/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844003	$0	07/18/2009	07/18/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844002	$750,000	07/18/2008	10/31/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844002	$0	07/18/2008	10/31/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$0	07/18/2007	11/05/2007	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$750,000	07/18/2007	10/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$750,000	07/18/2007	11/05/2007	Name Changed
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA01844001	$0	07/18/2007	10/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	V119082	$750,000	07/18/2006	07/18/2007	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C351214	$0	07/18/2006	11/25/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	C351214	$0	07/18/2006	11/02/2006	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VICTORIA FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY	9148950	$750,000	07/15/2010	08/26/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	VICTORIA FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY	9148950	$750,000	07/15/2010	09/25/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07435105	$750,000	06/25/2017	06/25/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07435104	$750,000	06/25/2016	06/25/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07435103	$750,000	06/25/2015	06/25/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07435102	$750,000	06/25/2014	06/25/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	PIA07435101	$750,000	06/25/2013	06/25/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	V118303	$750,000	05/05/2006	07/18/2006	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/30/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/03/2006
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2008
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/06/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2008
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/22/2007
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/01/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/22/2007
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/30/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/02/2010
MC556512	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/22/2006	REVOKED	07/26/2010
MC556512	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/26/2015	-	-
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/23/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2008
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/23/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/16/2008
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/22/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/2009
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/22/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/2009
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/2010
MC556512	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2007
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2007
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/21/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/19/2006
MC556512	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/28/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/27/2013
MC556512	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/15/2006	-	-
MC556512	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	04/20/2006	-	-

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88/100

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, from 100 to 88

88

−12

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

Conditional safety rating−12

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

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

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)	−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.