Carrier profile · USDOT 429306 · MC-282057 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nick's Towing Service Inc

17 power unitsavg 6 yrLocal · 2 statesRUTHERFORD, NJ84/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-282057 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksnickstowingservice.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 0.0%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 — 21 vehicle and 4 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 19.0 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 18

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 17-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 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
0violations
clean · 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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 45 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 3 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263032
20241001
20231001
20221111
20181010
20172012
20161011
20114123
20101001
20091001
20083013
20033033
20011011
20001010
19972022
19961010
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 24, 2026NJ01Yes
Mar 14, 2026NJ02No
Mar 12, 2026NJ01Yes
Jan 27, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 18, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 12, 2022NJ13Yes
Sep 25, 2018NJ01No
Oct 16, 2017NJ01Yes
Aug 4, 2017NY00Yes
Dec 12, 2016NY03Yes
Oct 14, 2011NJ11No
Aug 2, 2011NJ01Yes
Mar 29, 2011NJ00Yes
Feb 15, 2011NJ00Yes
Jun 15, 2010NJ00Yes
Dec 27, 2009NJ00Yes
Sep 4, 2008NJ00Yes
Jun 10, 2008NJ01Yes
Jan 22, 2008NJ00Yes
Dec 15, 2003NJ01Yes
Jan 27, 2003NY02Yes
Jan 2, 2003NJ07Yes
Jan 16, 2001NJ01Yes
Oct 11, 2000NJ03No
Apr 21, 1997NJ02Yes