Carrier profile · USDOT 3736396 · MC-1464742 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Yaffo Towing LLC

10 power unitsavg 3.2 yrRegional · 4 statesCHICAGO RIDGE, IL62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1464742 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 47.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 7.9 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 3

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
90%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness10 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 14 total · 10 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263012
20254004
20245113
20232011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 18, 2026WI01No
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 29, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 13, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 1, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 24, 2024WI10No
Dec 19, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 3, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 9, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2024IL02No
Sep 24, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 26, 2023IL01No