Carrier profile · USDOT 664156 · MC-417007 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rapid Recovery Towing Ltd

4 power unitsavg 7.9 yrLocal · 2 statesRIVERHEAD, NY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-417007 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 3.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · 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 8.3 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 6

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
≈4.4 / 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
4
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈4.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 27, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242011
20213013
20203013
20193003
20183023
20162002
20111001
20081010
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 27, 2024NJ00Yes
Jul 12, 2024NY01No
Dec 21, 2021NY00Yes
Oct 25, 2021NY03Yes
Oct 2, 2021NY00Yes
Dec 29, 2020NY00Yes
Oct 11, 2020NY01Yes
Aug 26, 2020NY00Yes
Dec 11, 2019NY00Yes
Sep 3, 2019NY00Yes
Aug 8, 2019NY00Yes
Oct 27, 2018NY03Yes
Jul 9, 2018NY00Yes
Apr 21, 2018NY01Yes
Oct 21, 2016NY00Yes
Jun 15, 2016NY00Yes
Oct 11, 2011NY00Yes
May 8, 2008NY01No
Mar 20, 2001NY00Yes