Carrier profile · USDOT 2152934 · MC-748586 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Collins Brothers Towing of St Cloud LLC

285 power unitsavg 5.4 yrRegional · 7 statesSAINT CLOUD, MN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-748586 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 46.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 122 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 24.8 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

116 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 11

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 285-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
285
Inspections · 24 mo
122
Annualized
≈61 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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 Driving119 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 15 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265035
20257027
20247037
20234023
20225015
20216016
20204004
20191001
20181001
20172002
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 18, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 7, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 2, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 1, 2026MN01Yes
Nov 29, 2025MN01Yes
Sep 19, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MN00Yes
May 23, 2025MN01Yes
Mar 11, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 27, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 17, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 27, 2024MN01Yes
Nov 8, 2024MN00Yes
Aug 21, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 8, 2024MN01Yes
Feb 24, 2024MN02Yes
Feb 6, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 17, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 10, 2023MN03Yes
Oct 21, 2023MN01No
May 30, 2023MN00Yes
May 25, 2023MN00Yes
Nov 30, 2022MN00Yes
Oct 19, 2022MN00Yes