NATIONAL WRECKER INC

DBA: NATIONAL WRECKER SERVICE

DOT# 1114520 MC# 163433 Portsmouth, NH Authorized For-Hire
(603) 436-3200 kathy@nationalwrecker.com 295 West Road, Portsmouth NH 03801
27 power units · all owned 14 drivers
Strong
FRED Score 86.0 / 100
Low confidence
23 yrs history · 10 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
27
Drivers · CDL
14 · 7
Annual miles
310k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 22 0 0 22
Tractors 5 0 0 5
Trailers 8 0 0 8

Registration

Registered
04-03-2003 (23 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-12-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
RALPH CRESTA
Officer
MICHAEL A CRESTA

Cargo

76.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, 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: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.7× as often as the median active fleet of 20–49 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.64×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.6
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 0.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.70× and violations 0.71× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -5%.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 no valid CDL (Dec 2024 – Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    20.0% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (2 of 10), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.15× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
10
70% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
20.0%
2 of 10
National avg 6.7%
Violations
6
3 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in New Hampshire (about 19 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 737 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.028
Inspections 0.28 0.77
Violations 0.11 0.45
Critical violations 0.07 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

6 violations · 24 months
  • Driver fitness No alert
    4 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Other parts 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

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 · HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 6, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 1993
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY → HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Feb 19, 2004)

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
  • New Hampshire (HQ) 5
  • Massachusetts 2
  • Connecticut 1
  • Maine 1
  • Pennsylvania 1