Carrier profile · USDOT 506159 · MC-258798 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

D and J Towing and Recovery Inc

DBA TAYLORS TOWING

12 power unitsavg 5.7 yrLocal · 2 statesWALL, NJ82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-258798 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstaylorstowing.comFMCSA SAFER

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 3.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

2.2% · 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 21

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
≈2.6 / 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
12
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20231001
20221001
20212012
20202002
20141001
20101001
20091010
20081001
20071011
20061001
20052002
20041001
20022002
20002002
19991010
19981010
19961001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 11, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 11, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 9, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 6, 2022NJ00Yes
Oct 25, 2021NJ01Yes
Oct 4, 2021NJ00Yes
Feb 29, 2020NJ00Yes
Feb 27, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 4, 2014NJ00Yes
Jan 25, 2010NJ00Yes
Jun 23, 2009NJ01No
Mar 2, 2008NJ00Yes
Jul 9, 2007NJ03Yes
Jun 16, 2006IN00Yes
Nov 26, 2005NJ00Yes
Jul 26, 2005NJ00Yes
Sep 24, 2004OH00Yes
Dec 26, 2002NJ00Yes
Jun 10, 2002NJ00Yes
Mar 21, 2000IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2000IN00Yes
Apr 8, 1999MI03No
Jun 30, 1998NJ02No
Sep 18, 1996NY00Yes