ABC TOWING & AUTOMOTIVE SVCS LLC

DOT# 2881200 MC# 966904 New Castle, DE Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(302) 250-5096 baulstowing@yahoo.com 2227 N Dupont Highway, New Castle DE 19720
3 power units · all owned 4 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
10 yrs history · 19 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
3
Drivers · CDL
4 · 2
Annual miles
1,000 unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 3 0 0 3
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
04-21-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-03-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
RASHAN BAUL

Cargo

72.4
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls 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.

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.

19 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans worse than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but not by enough to grade.

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.

80% likely range 0.52×–2.28×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.4

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-3 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 (3 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 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 2.86× and violations 2.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +20%. 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
    3 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 no valid CDL (Mar 2025 – Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 19 of 55 violations (35%). Light or brake defects led to 16 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    70.6% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (12 of 17). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.86× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 3
  • 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 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
19
16% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
70.6%
12 of 17
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
10.5%
2 of 19
National avg 6.7%
Violations
55
24 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 3 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 6,610 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.333 0.032
Inspections 4.33 1.10
Violations 9.17 1.04
Critical violations 2.00 0.21

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

What they get cited for

55 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    44 · 21 OOS
    Lights 19 · Brakes 5 · Cargo securement 5 · Tires 1 · Other parts 14
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    7 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 5 · Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    4 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 3 · Medical certificate 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
    15
    2026
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.

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)
No liability filing on FMCSA's record through May 14, 2026.
Last filing: AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY, ended Jan 13, 2025 (cancellation notice took effect).
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Jan 13, 2025, not replaced on FMCSA's record)
  • No liability filing on FMCSA's file since Jan 13, 2025 (8 days through May 14, 2026) while the authority required one
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority inactive (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 21, 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
  • Maryland 12
  • Pennsylvania 5
  • Delaware (HQ) 2