Carrier profile · USDOT 985135 · MC-456125 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Abc Towing Inc

26 power unitsavg 6.1 yrRegional · 4 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-456125 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 18.3 pts across the window. 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
15%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 24, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20244014
20232002
20221001
20212002
20191001
20164024
20141011
20131001
20081011
20073023
20061010
20031001
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 10, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 9, 2024AL01Yes
Jun 24, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 7, 2024AL00Yes
Sep 25, 2023AL00Yes
Aug 4, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 6, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 2, 2021AL00Yes
Apr 3, 2021AL00Yes
Aug 5, 2019AL00Yes
Nov 23, 2016AL00Yes
Nov 8, 2016AL00Yes
Apr 26, 2016AL04Yes
Apr 22, 2016AL01Yes
Nov 21, 2014AL01Yes
Sep 26, 2013AL00Yes
May 30, 2008AL01Yes
Oct 25, 2007AL00Yes
Jun 28, 2007AL01Yes
Mar 15, 2007AL01Yes
Mar 2, 2006PA02No
Aug 3, 2003AL00Yes
Oct 22, 2002AL00Yes