Carrier profile · USDOT 397734 · MC-253616 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Tow Service Inc

15 power unitsavg 8 yrLocal · 1 statesWICHITA, KS74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-253616 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 2

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 15-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
15
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.87measure
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 Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 8 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20221001
20191001
20181001
20152002
20141001
20132012
20122002
20111001
20091001
20081011
20061011
20051101
20032012
20024334
20001001
19961010
19941011
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 31, 2022KS00Yes
Jan 9, 2019PA00Yes
May 15, 2018KS00Yes
Aug 11, 2015KS00Yes
Jan 9, 2015KS00Yes
Apr 30, 2014KS00Yes
Nov 5, 2013KS00Yes
Sep 20, 2013KS01Yes
Dec 20, 2012KS00Yes
Jul 17, 2012KS00Yes
Jul 27, 2011KS00Yes
Sep 30, 2009KS00Yes
Mar 17, 2008KS01Yes
Mar 13, 2006KS01Yes
Apr 1, 2005KS10Yes
Oct 1, 2003KS00Yes
Apr 21, 2003KS02Yes
Sep 13, 2002KS15Yes
May 4, 2002KS01Yes
Apr 12, 2002KS10Yes
Feb 26, 2002KS11Yes
Dec 13, 2000KS00Yes
Jan 2, 1996KS01No
May 17, 1994KS01Yes
Nov 16, 1993KS00Yes