Carrier profile · USDOT 513407 · MC-559712 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BILL'S TOWING LTD

29 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 7 statesBRIDGEPORT, OH94/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-559712 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 2.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 68 vehicle and 74 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.7% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 28

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 29
Inspections · 24 mo: 74
Annualized: ≈37 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

37%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

19%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

14%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

10%

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
390.3 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 6 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2026	1	1	1
2024	1	0	1
2019	1	1	1
2017	1	1	1
2014	1	1	1
2010	1	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 29, 2026	OH	1	Yes
Feb 19, 2024	PA	0	Yes
Jul 11, 2019	OH	3	Yes
Apr 30, 2017	OH	1	Yes
Mar 27, 2014	OH	2	Yes
Dec 1, 2010	OH	1	Yes