Carrier profile · USDOT 1139317 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Stepps Towing Services Inc

104 power unitsavg 6.4 yrLocal · 1 statesTAMPA, FL93/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkssteppsabc.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 27.3%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 — 55 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.2% · 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 13.8 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

59 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 12

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 104-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
104
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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.

  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance36 · 30 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 8 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 3, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 31 total · 0 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20233013
20225025
20214024
20134034
20121011
20112012
20101001
20083012
20072012
20062011
20051011
20042012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 19, 2024FL00Yes
May 18, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 6, 2023FL01Yes
Mar 8, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 24, 2022FL01Yes
Oct 8, 2022FL01Yes
May 20, 2022FL00Yes
May 6, 2022FL00Yes
Mar 14, 2022FL00Yes
Nov 17, 2021FL00Yes
Sep 28, 2021LA03Yes
Mar 13, 2021FL00Yes
Mar 13, 2021FL04Yes
Sep 13, 2013FL00Yes
Jun 7, 2013FL01Yes
Mar 20, 2013FL02Yes
Jan 24, 2013NY02Yes
Jan 10, 2012FL01Yes
Oct 16, 2011FL00Yes
Jan 15, 2011FL01Yes
Jul 9, 2010FL00Yes
Sep 25, 2008FL00Yes
Feb 9, 2008FL01No
Jan 7, 2008FL00Yes
Apr 10, 2007FL01Yes