MODZELEWSKI'S TOWING & STORAGE INC

DOT# 1069287 MC# 783462 Danbury, CT Authorized For-Hire
(203) 748-3678 modztow@gmail.com 70 Federal Road, Danbury CT 06810-5034
15 power units · all owned 8 drivers
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 83.1 / 100
Low confidence
24 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
15
Drivers · CDL
8 · 8
Annual miles
227k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 11 0 0 11
Tractors 4 0 0 4
Trailers 4 0 0 4

Registration

Registered
11-06-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-09-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KARIN MODZELEWSKI
Officer
JAMES MODZELEWSKI

Cargo

70.6
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.67×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.4
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.30×, out-of-service orders 0.46× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -17%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Little roadside history
    Only 4 inspections in 24 months for 15 power units; the record says little either way.
    Ask: confirm the fleet is operating at the filed size.
Data flags
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.
  • Limited inspection history
    Fewer than 5 roadside inspections on record, so there isn't enough data to score this motor carrier with high confidence — the score leans more on peers.

Track record

FMCSA record, Mar 2025 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
100% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 3
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,440 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.026
Inspections 0.37 0.75
Violations 0.00 0.50
Critical violations 0.00 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$750,000 · TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Apr 6, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → TRUMBULL INSURANCE COMPANY (Apr 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Apr 5, 2025, replaced 1 day later)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 7, 2025)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Connecticut (HQ) 3
  • Virginia 1