Carrier profile · USDOT 887010 · MC-1702831 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rich's Towing Service Inc

17 power unitsLocal · 2 statesNORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1702831 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 20.0%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 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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 17-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
17
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 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
1.28measure
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 Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 6 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241011
20231001
20151001
20141001
20091011
20071001
20061011
20054024
20044024
20031010
20011010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026NJ00Yes
Dec 5, 2024NJ01Yes
Dec 20, 2023NJ00Yes
Oct 6, 2015NJ00Yes
Jan 27, 2014NJ00Yes
Sep 21, 2009NJ01Yes
Jul 31, 2007NJ00Yes
Mar 9, 2006NJ01Yes
Dec 7, 2005NJ00Yes
Oct 27, 2005NJ03Yes
Jun 10, 2005NJ01Yes
Apr 27, 2005NJ00Yes
Dec 31, 2004NJ01Yes
Nov 24, 2004NJ01Yes
May 4, 2004NJ00Yes
Jan 28, 2004NJ00Yes
Feb 1, 2003NJ01No
Sep 18, 2001NJ02No