BRIAN DONOVAN
DBA ABOVE ALL TOWING
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
21 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Oct '25 · 3
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
- 12
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 23
- Annualized
- ≈12 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 36 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 6 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2011 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |