ADAMS TOWING AND RECOVERY LLC

DOT# 1979627 MC# 710763 Burlington, NC Authorized For-Hire
(336) 228-0730 juliesmithey23@gmail.com 1203 Belmont Street, Burlington NC 27215
24 power units · all owned 24 drivers 1.8M mi/yr · ~73k per unit
HazMat
Satisfactory
FRED Score 65.5 / 100
Low confidence
17 yrs history · 13 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
24
Drivers · CDL
24 · 24
Annual miles
1.8M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 24 0 0 24
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
12-31-2009 (17 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-27-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ROBERT ADAMS

Cargo

74.6
high risk
Motor Vehicles General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, 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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about a 70% 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.

This motor carrier 0.87×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.6 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.6
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 injury crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.7 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
About typical. Out-of-service orders, violations and unsafe-driving or hours-of-service violations are all close to the rate expected for its inspections.

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.
  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 medical certificate (Jul 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
13
62% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
9.1%
1 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in North Carolina (about 34 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 737 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.021 0.028
Inspections 0.33 0.77
Violations 0.15 0.45
Critical violations 0.04 0.10

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

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Lights 2 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · 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
  • Nov
    4
    2025
    North Carolina
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company
on record since Oct 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Apr 2010
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: Employers Mutual Casualty Company → Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company (Oct 2026)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 9, 2021)

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
  • North Carolina (HQ) 11
  • Virginia 2