B & F TOWING CO Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 30
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 11
- Annualized
- ≈6 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 20 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/04/2019 | DE | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| 07/03/2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/13/2016 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/18/2015 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/01/2014 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2012 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/09/2012 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/11/2012 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/08/2011 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/10/2010 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/02/2010 | DE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 10/14/2009 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/20/2006 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/06/2003 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| 12/13/2001 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/20/2001 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/20/1999 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/29/1999 | DE | 0 | 1 | No |
| 11/06/1998 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/05/1997 | DE | 0 | 1 | No |