Carrier profile · USDOT 1057657 · MC-442792 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

C & D Towing Specialists Inc

DBA C & D TOWING SPECIALISTS

13 power unitsavg 5.6 yrLocal · 1 statesEL CAJON, CA79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-442792 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 8.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · 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 6.2 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 18

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving13 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 71 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242012
20222002
20212011
20201001
20171011
20151011
20131011
20063013
20041011
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 14, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 2, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 8, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2024CA01Yes
Jan 29, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 29, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 22, 2021CA01No
Mar 12, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 31, 2017CA01Yes
May 22, 2015CA01Yes
Nov 25, 2013CA02Yes
Nov 4, 2006CA02Yes
May 22, 2006CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2006CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2004CA01Yes
Sep 3, 2003CA00Yes