Carrier profile · USDOT 1423357 · MC-538216 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

B and D Towing and Recovery Inc

DBA SOUTHSIDE TOWING

142 power unitsavg 4.4 yrLocal · 1 statesTAMPA, FL62/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-538216 STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 40.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 11 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 5

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 142-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
142
Inspections · 24 mo
11
Annualized
≈6 / 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
59%
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.

  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance18 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 14 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 3 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20242022
20221001
20205024
20192002
20181001
20171010
20161001
20153003
20141011
20131011
20121011
20111011
20081011
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 30, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 3, 2025FL01Yes
Sep 23, 2024FL01Yes
Jun 27, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 18, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 9, 2020FL01Yes
Jul 16, 2020FL00Yes
Jun 11, 2020FL00Yes
May 4, 2020FL00Yes
Apr 27, 2020FL01No
Oct 11, 2019FL00Yes
Aug 16, 2019FL00Yes
Jun 5, 2018FL00Yes
Aug 7, 2017FL01No
Sep 18, 2016FL00Yes
Dec 2, 2015FL00Yes
Oct 25, 2015FL00Yes
Sep 8, 2015FL00Yes
Aug 18, 2014FL01Yes
Mar 25, 2013FL01Yes
Oct 31, 2012FL01Yes
Nov 20, 2011FL02Yes
Mar 13, 2008FL03Yes
Sep 17, 2005AL00Yes