Carrier profile · USDOT 788881 · MC-352338 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Defalco's Instant Towing Inc

19 power unitsLocal · 2 statesCHATHAM, NJ88/100
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 2

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 19-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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
12.85measure
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 5 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 47 total · 2 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20244123
20231001
20223003
20213023
20192002
20183023
20171001
20162022
20152012
20142012
20131011
20091001
20082012
20071001
20055025
20045034
20035025
20023023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026NJ00Yes
Oct 2, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 9, 2024NJ03Yes
Apr 23, 2024NJ01No
Mar 8, 2024NJ10Yes
Apr 30, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 28, 2022NJ00Yes
Jul 6, 2022NJ00Yes
Jun 30, 2022NJ00Yes
Aug 20, 2021NJ00Yes
Jul 31, 2021NJ06Yes
Feb 7, 2021NJ02Yes
Oct 30, 2019NJ00Yes
Jan 14, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 22, 2018NJ00Yes
Mar 5, 2018NJ01Yes
Mar 5, 2018NJ01Yes
Sep 6, 2017NJ00Yes
Aug 17, 2016NJ01Yes
Feb 5, 2016NJ01Yes
Mar 1, 2015NJ00Yes
Feb 18, 2015NJ01Yes
Feb 13, 2014NJ03Yes
Jan 21, 2014NJ00Yes
Jul 15, 2013NJ01Yes