P-TOW MOTORS INC

DOT# 2263221 MC# 772469 Joppa, MD Authorized For-Hire
(917) 806-3272 ptowmotorsinc@hotmail.com 908 Shenandoah Court, Joppa MD 21085
3 power units 1 drivers 120k mi/yr · ~40k per unit
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
14 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
1 · 1
Annual miles
120k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 1 2 0 3
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Within 100 miles)
Registered
01-13-2012 (14 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-13-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
TANYA FIGUEROA

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.

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

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

Similar fleets: interstate 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 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 2–5 trucks.

80% likely range 0.41×–2.07×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.2

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 chance it runs at Poor-level crash rates.

Ask
Loss runs for the last 3 years, and confirm the fleet is operating at its filed size (3 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 12% above typical.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 2.16× and violations 1.35× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.63×. Together they move its crash estimate +3%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL (Nov 2024 – Oct 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 6 of 19 violations (32%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 7 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    18.2% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (2 of 11). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.16× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
18% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
77.8%
7 of 9
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
18.2%
2 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
19
12 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in Maryland (about 5 in 24 months would be typical; 31% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.167 0.039
Inspections 2.50 1.38
Violations 3.17 1.31
Critical violations 1.00 0.27

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

What they get cited for

19 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    15 · 10 OOS
    Lights 6 · Cargo securement 5 · Brakes 1 · Tires 1 · Other parts 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 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
  • Aug
    4
    2025
    Maryland
    Property damage only
    Daylight, 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)
$750,000 · AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC
on record since May 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2012
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
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC (Dec 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 8, 2017)

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
  • Maryland (HQ) 5
  • Florida 4
  • Delaware 2