Carrier profile · USDOT 1168518 · MC-681241 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Fleming Auto Center Inc

DBA JACKSON COUNTY TOW SERVICE

41 power unitsavg 4.5 yrRegional · 4 statesBLUE SPRINGS, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-681241 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.9 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

45 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 41-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 32 total · 4 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20248038
20235135
20223033
20215015
20193013
20181001
20172112
20141001
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026KS00Yes
Dec 30, 2025KS00Yes
May 29, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 22, 2024MO01Yes
Jun 26, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 20, 2024KS00Yes
Apr 30, 2024MO01Yes
Apr 30, 2024MO01Yes
Feb 7, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 21, 2023MO02Yes
Sep 22, 2023KS13Yes
Aug 8, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 27, 2023MO00Yes
May 5, 2023MO02Yes
Aug 12, 2022MO01Yes
Mar 17, 2022NE02Yes
Jan 29, 2022MO02Yes
Aug 11, 2021KS00Yes
Jun 17, 2021MO01Yes
Jun 3, 2021KS00Yes
Jan 14, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 4, 2021KS00Yes
May 13, 2019MO00Yes