ELITE TOWING & RECOVERY LLC

DOT# 1756926 MC# 642632 DUNS# 51790870 Martinsburg, WV Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(304) 264-8111 matt@elitetowingandrecoveryllc.com 187 Hollingsworth Ct, Martinsburg WV 25405
7 power units · all owned 12 drivers 326k mi/yr · ~47k per unit
HazMat
Strong
FRED Score 84.2 / 100
Low confidence
18 yrs history · 21 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
7
Drivers · CDL
12 · 2
Annual miles
326k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 7 0 0 7
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
04-04-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-17-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MATTHEW PEZZANITE

Cargo

75.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

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

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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 6–9 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 0.66×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
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 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.34×, out-of-service orders 0.46× and violations 0.49× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -21%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Dec 2025).
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Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 22.3% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
21
81% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 20
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.6%
1 of 18
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 11 inspections, 1 out of service 11 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 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 6,610 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.032
Inspections 2.14 1.10
Violations 0.64 1.04
Critical violations 0.07 0.21

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Lights 5 · Brakes 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 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)
$1,000,000 · ACCELERANT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 21, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2013
A cancellation notice effective May 21, 2026 was on file at May 14, 2026; whether it took effect is not in FMCSA's frozen record — see the live check.
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: WHITE PINE INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCELERANT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (May 2024); AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY → WHITE PINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Dec 2023)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last May 21, 2025, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 12, 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
  • West Virginia (HQ) 16
  • Maryland 2
  • Pennsylvania 2
  • Virginia 1

76% of inspections were in its home state.