Carrier profile · USDOT 577988 · MC-281058 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dave's Towing Service Inc

7 power unitsLocal · 1 statesLOUISVILLE, KY82/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-281058 INACTIVERATED 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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 7-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: 7
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

1.27measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

1measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 3 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2015	2	1	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	0
1998	1	0	1	0
1995	1	0	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 23, 2024	KY	0	0	Yes
Sep 15, 2023	KY	0	1	Yes
Jan 24, 2015	KY	0	1	Yes
Jan 23, 2015	KY	1	0	No
Feb 25, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2012	KY	0	1	Yes
Sep 24, 2010	KY	0	0	Yes
Jan 19, 2009	KY	0	1	Yes
Jul 21, 2000	KY	0	1	Yes
Nov 2, 1999	KY	0	1	No
Jun 9, 1998	KY	0	1	No
Dec 15, 1995	KY	0	1	No