A-1 TOWING LLC

DOT# 1998998 MC# 706018 Ridgeland, SC Authorized For-Hire
(843) 726-4996 a.1towing@yahoo.com 9888 South Jacob Smart Blvd, Ridgeland SC 29936
18 power units · all owned 10 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
16 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
18
Drivers · CDL
10 · 3
Annual miles
238k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 18 0 0 18
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
02-24-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-01-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ROBERT W DAVIDS
Officer
TAMMIE M DAVIDS

Cargo

75.3
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, 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.

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).

Not enough record to grade yet.

8 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

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.

80% likely range 0.40×–1.84×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.5

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

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Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (18 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.5 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.81× the rate expected for its inspections, but violations 0.68×. Together they move its crash estimate +5%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The estimate already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are context only.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
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, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
25% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 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 0.028 0.026
Inspections 0.47 0.75
Violations 0.25 0.50
Critical violations 0.17 0.10

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

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 4 · Phone use 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · No valid CDL 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
  • Nov
    27
    2025
    South Carolina
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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 · NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.
on record since Mar 28, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 2017
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: ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY → NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO. (Mar 2025); BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY → ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Mar 28, 2024, replaced the same day); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 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 Mar 20, 2024)

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
  • Georgia 7
  • New Mexico 1