Carrier profile · USDOT 378835 · MC-352840 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Northwest Towing and Recovery Inc

44 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 3 statesMUNCIE, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-352840 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksnorthwesttowing.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 60.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 53.3 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 44-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.06measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Nov 30, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 2 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20223023
20212012
20201001
20191001
20172002
20162002
20151011
20142012
20132012
20122002
20113013
20091001
20072002
20052012
20042002
20032022
20022022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 1, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 22, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 29, 2022IN02Yes
Jan 17, 2022IN01Yes
Dec 8, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2021IN01Yes
Oct 30, 2020IN00Yes
Aug 15, 2019IN00Yes
Aug 24, 2017IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2017IN00Yes
Aug 19, 2016IN00Yes
Apr 12, 2016IN00Yes
Feb 6, 2015IN01Yes
Oct 25, 2014IN01Yes
May 5, 2014IN00Yes
Sep 25, 2013IN02Yes
Jan 17, 2013IN00Yes
Aug 16, 2012IN00Yes
Jun 12, 2012IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2011IN02Yes
Mar 25, 2011IN00Yes
Feb 25, 2011IN00Yes
Feb 7, 2009IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2007IN00Yes