Carrier profile · USDOT 479530 · MC-252293 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TWIN INC

DBA TWIN TOWING

34 power unitsavg 10.5 yrRegional · 4 statesBELLEVILLE, NJ94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-252293 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstwintowing.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 21.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 21.1 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 16

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 34-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
34
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
57%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 48 total · 2 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252020
20231001
20221001
20203023
20194014
20162012
20152002
20111001
20102012
20072022
20062002
20055015
20049058
20032002
20024024
20011011
19992002
19962012
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 19, 2025NJ01No
Mar 31, 2025NJ01No
Dec 19, 2023NJ00Yes
Nov 19, 2022NJ00Yes
Nov 6, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 24, 2020NJ01Yes
May 19, 2020NJ00Yes
Oct 31, 2019NJ00Yes
Apr 21, 2019NJ00Yes
Feb 20, 2019NJ01Yes
Jan 10, 2019NJ00Yes
Aug 27, 2016NJ00Yes
Aug 25, 2016NY01Yes
Apr 22, 2015CT00Yes
Jan 19, 2015NJ00Yes
Jan 1, 2011NJ00Yes
Nov 9, 2010NJ09Yes
Jan 25, 2010NJ00Yes
Oct 1, 2007NJ02Yes
Apr 22, 2007NJ01Yes
Aug 1, 2006NJ00Yes
Jun 3, 2006NJ00Yes
Oct 9, 2005NJ02Yes
Jul 28, 2005NJ00Yes
Jun 23, 2005NJ00Yes