FOSTER'S TOWING & REPAIRS INC

DOT# 1807441 Fraser, MI Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(586) 293-8230 fosterstowing@yahoo.com 32535 Groesbeck Hwy, Fraser MI 48026
5 power units · all owned 3 drivers
HazMat
Marginal Provisional: the record is still thin. A fleet of 5 power units would expect only about 0.1 crashes over the 36-month scoring window, and it had 1 inspection and 2 crashes in that time, so the grade leans mostly on what's typical for similar fleets and can move as more inspections and time on the road build up.
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
18 yrs history · 1 roadside inspection

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
3 · 3
Annual miles
100k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles), Intrastate (Beyond 100 miles), Intrastate (Within 100 miles)
Registered
09-03-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-25-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
GILBERT A FOSTER

Cargo

70.9
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Mobile Homes Machinery/Large Objects Intermodal Containers General Freight Building Materials Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Mobile Homes, Machinery Large, 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 (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

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 higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 2–5 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 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.65×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.65× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.7× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.60× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.79×. Together they barely move its crash estimate: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
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.
  • Unusual inspection rate
    Inspections per truck fall outside the normal range (1st–99th percentile), which can point to a mis-reported fleet size or data issues.
  • 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, Dec 2025 – Dec 2025 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
1
0% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
100.0%
1 of 1
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 1
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
1
1 out-of-service

Intrastate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Michigan are rarely inspected: under 1 inspection would be typical in 24 months for a fleet this size; 84% of them had none.

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25
vs 1,861 peer fleets
Inspections per power unit look like an outlier vs peers; read these rates with care.
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.100 0.016
Inspections 0.10 0.38
Violations 0.10 0.36
Critical violations 0.00 0.06

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

What they get cited for

1 violation · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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
  • Mar
    30
    2026
    Michigan
    Property damage only
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
  • Sep
    26
    2024
    Michigan
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

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
  • Michigan (HQ) 1