Carrier profile · USDOT 604411 · MC-291125 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

West & Sons Towing Inc

23 power unitsRegional · 3 statesADDISON, IL50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-291125 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 100.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 66.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 3 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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 23-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: 23
Inspections · 24 mo: 3
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

.47measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

3.8measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

17measure

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 3 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	0	3
2018	2	0	0	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2005	2	1	0	2
2001	1	0	1	0
2000	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 15, 2025	IL	0	0	Yes
Aug 1, 2024	IL	0	2	Yes
Feb 5, 2022	IL	0	2	Yes
Jan 16, 2021	IL	0	0	Yes
Jan 8, 2020	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 16, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
May 22, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
Nov 13, 2018	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2018	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 23, 2017	TX	0	0	Yes
Aug 17, 2016	IL	0	0	Yes
Apr 17, 2011	IL	0	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2008	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2005	IL	1	0	Yes
Jul 22, 2005	IL	0	0	Yes
Dec 26, 2001	IL	0	1	No
Nov 27, 2000	IL	0	2	Yes
Apr 13, 1996	IL	0	0	Yes
Oct 27, 1995	IL	0	0	Yes