Carrier profile · USDOT 514703 · MC-238345 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Moran Automotive & Towing Inc

20 power unitsavg 14.4 yrRegional · 4 statesKEARNY, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238345 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmoranautotowing.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 6.8%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 — 44 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 9.8 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 16

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 2 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20232002
20221001
20192002
20182011
20151011
20133013
20122022
20111001
20104033
20092012
20081011
20071011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 20, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 22, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 27, 2022CT00Yes
Sep 24, 2019NJ00Yes
Jul 19, 2019NJ00Yes
Nov 27, 2018NY01No
Mar 24, 2018NJ00Yes
Feb 9, 2015NJ01Yes
Sep 5, 2013NJ00Yes
May 14, 2013NJ01Yes
Mar 20, 2013NJ00Yes
Oct 14, 2012NJ01Yes
Jun 13, 2012NJ03Yes
Jan 31, 2011NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2010CT01Yes
Jun 17, 2010NJ01Yes
May 20, 2010NJ00Yes
Apr 13, 2010NJ01No
Jul 10, 2009NJ00Yes
Jun 4, 2009NJ01Yes
Nov 10, 2008NJ01Yes
Jan 24, 2007NJ01Yes
Oct 11, 2000NJ00Yes