Carrier profile · USDOT 2173217 · MC-936828 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Action Towing and Road Service Inc

DBA ACTION TOWING AND GREAT AMERICA TOWING

97 power unitsavg 9.3 yrLocal · 1 statesREDWOOD CITY, CA66/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-936828 INACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 17.3 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 97-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
97
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 1 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 44 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 27 total · 3 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20252002
20234013
20221011
20213022
20201001
20195125
20184004
20172002
20161001
20153013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026CA01No
Feb 10, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 9, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 24, 2023CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2023CA01No
Feb 17, 2023CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2022CA01Yes
Nov 1, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 23, 2021CA01Yes
May 10, 2021CA01No
Mar 5, 2020CA00Yes
Dec 31, 2019CA01Yes
Jul 19, 2019CA10Yes
Jul 17, 2019CA00Yes
May 3, 2019CA00Yes
Mar 24, 2019CA02Yes
Dec 28, 2018CA00Yes
Oct 9, 2018CA00Yes
May 27, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 1, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 11, 2017CA00Yes
Sep 14, 2016CA00Yes
Jun 28, 2015CA00Yes