Ted's Towing Service Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
64 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 29
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 65
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
- 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 172.502 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 107.601 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
- 177.817 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
- 172.600 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 115 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 24 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 2025 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2017 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2016 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2015 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2015 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2015 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2014 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2014 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2013 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2013 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2012 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2011 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2011 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2008 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2006 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2003 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 1995 | MD | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 1994 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |