Carrier profile · USDOT 426507 · MC-265192 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Montrose Towing Service Inc

6 power unitsavg 4.9 yrLocal · 2 statesROCKVILLE, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-265192 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmontrosetowing.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 6.9%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 — 29 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.8 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 9

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
≈2.4 / 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
6
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈2.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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.

  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20221001
20211011
20131001
20121011
20001011
19982022
19973013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2025MD01No
Oct 19, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 31, 2021MD01Yes
Feb 23, 2013MD00Yes
Jan 19, 2012MD01Yes
Jan 25, 2000MD01Yes
Aug 28, 1998MD01Yes
Jul 7, 1998MD01Yes
Dec 22, 1997MD00Yes
May 15, 1997MD00Yes
Mar 17, 1997MD04Yes