Carrier profile · USDOT 332799 · MC-214690 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Yates Towing & Recovery Enterprises LLC

DBA DOUG & DON YATES TOWING & RECOVERY

40 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 5 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN79/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-214690 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksyateswrecker.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 0.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 142 vehicle and 158 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

157 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 38

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
158
Annualized
≈79 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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.

  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 107.601 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 172.600 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 219 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20231001
20201001
20191001
20181011
20171001
20151011
20141011
20131001
20071001
19991001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2025TN01Yes
Jan 1, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 11, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2020TN00Yes
Apr 4, 2019TN00Yes
Oct 5, 2018GA01Yes
Jan 28, 2017TN00Yes
Aug 5, 2015AL01Yes
Feb 16, 2014TN01Yes
Nov 1, 2013GA00Yes
Oct 11, 2007TN00Yes
Nov 17, 1999AL00Yes
Jun 27, 1996GA02Yes