Carrier profile · USDOT 2509522 · MC-870273 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Redline Towing Inc

26 power unitsRegional · 4 statesCHICAGO RIDGE, IL82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-870273 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 6 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 25.0 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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 26-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
26
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / 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
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
8measure
SMS · 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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 32 total · 7 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254023
20244013
20235005
20228037
20214023
20192012
20171010
20161011
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 18, 2026IN00Yes
Jun 6, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 6, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 1, 2025IL02No
Jan 4, 2025IL01Yes
Dec 20, 2024IL00Yes
May 20, 2024IL00Yes
May 7, 2024WI00Yes
Feb 28, 2024IL01No
Dec 26, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 15, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 3, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 26, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 27, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2022IL01Yes
Jul 1, 2022IL00Yes
Jun 20, 2022IL01Yes
Jun 19, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 17, 2022IL01No
Jul 8, 2021IL01Yes
Jun 25, 2021IL00Yes