Carrier profile · USDOT 863932 · MC-615660 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Joey's Towing and Recovery Inc

33 power unitsavg 4.8 yrRegional · 5 statesDETROIT, MI84/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-615660 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksjoeystowing.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 14.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 32.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 33-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
90%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 12, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20233023
20224014
20213003
20201001
20191001
20171011
20163012
20152002
20141011
20121001
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 28, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 6, 2025MI00Yes
May 18, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 31, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 1, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 16, 2023MI01Yes
Jan 3, 2023MI01Yes
Jul 14, 2022MI00Yes
May 19, 2022MI01Yes
Apr 13, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2022OH00Yes
Oct 19, 2021MI00Yes
Oct 18, 2021MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2021MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 17, 2019MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2017MI01Yes
Oct 18, 2016MI00Yes
May 19, 2016MI00Yes
Mar 4, 2016MI01No
Nov 17, 2015MI00Yes
Jun 26, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2014MI01Yes
Nov 28, 2012MI00Yes
Oct 30, 2003MI02Yes