Carrier profile · USDOT 544662 · MC-269607 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

West Springfield G & S Trucking Inc

DBA REDS TOWING

26 power unitsavg 11.4 yrRegional · 3 statesWEST SPRINGFIELD, MA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-269607 ACTIVE

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 44.4%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 — 9 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 40.0 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 26-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: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

26%

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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	1	0	0
2024	1	0	1	1
2020	1	1	1	1
2019	2	0	0	2
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 21, 2025	PA	1	0	No
Jun 6, 2024	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 6, 2020	MA	1	2	Yes
Sep 23, 2019	CT	0	0	Yes
Feb 5, 2019	MA	0	0	Yes
Nov 9, 2017	NY	0	0	Yes
Oct 2, 2016	MA	0	1	Yes
Sep 4, 2014	MA	0	1	Yes
Jan 30, 2011	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 19, 2010	MA	0	0	Yes
Dec 18, 2000	CT	0	0	Yes