Carrier profile · USDOT 462393 · MC-820165 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A-1 Towing Inc

14 power unitsLocal · 1 statesELMER, NJ82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-820165 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksa1-towing.netFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 66.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 14-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
14
Inspections · 24 mo
3
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
2.5measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20221011
20211011
20201011
20191001
20181011
20171001
20161001
20152012
20131001
20051011
20031001
20021001
20011001
19971001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 28, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 4, 2022NJ01Yes
Jun 9, 2021NJ01Yes
Aug 8, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 24, 2019NJ00Yes
Feb 25, 2018NJ01Yes
Oct 27, 2017NJ00Yes
Sep 24, 2016NJ00Yes
Dec 8, 2015NJ00Yes
Nov 9, 2015NJ01Yes
Nov 14, 2013NJ00Yes
Oct 25, 2005NJ01Yes
Sep 27, 2003NJ00Yes
Oct 24, 2002NJ00Yes
Nov 6, 2001NJ00Yes
Feb 21, 1997NJ00Yes
Feb 16, 1996NJ02Yes