KING TOWING NJ AMERICA INC

DBA: KING TOWING

DOT# 2965288 MC# 1012464 Jersey City, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(201) 792-1700 kingtowingnj@gmail.com 25 Tyson Ln, Jersey City NJ 07304-1952
5 power units · all owned 5 drivers 125k mi/yr · ~25k per unit
HazMat
Marginal Provisional: the record is still thin. A fleet of 5 power units would expect only about 0.2 crashes over the 36-month scoring window, and it had 4 inspections and 4 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
9 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
5
Drivers · CDL
5 · 0
Annual miles
125k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 5 0 0 5
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
01-24-2017 (9 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-13-2024
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
EHAB K. WAHBA
Officer
KARIM M ESTEPHANOUS

Cargo

75.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away 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 (pu2_5) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

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.

This motor carrier 1.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.68× 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); similar fleets have about 0.1 a year. The grade counts 4 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.44× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.71×. Together they barely move its crash estimate.

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.

  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Mar 2025).
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Strengths
  • 2 crashes in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • 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, Nov 2024 – Mar 2025 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
25% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
25.0%
1 of 4
National avg 6.7%
Violations
7
2 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 2–5 trucks in New Jersey (about 8 in 24 months would be typical; 38% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 3 inspections, 2 out of service 3 Q1 '25
vs 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.200 0.039
Inspections 0.60 1.38
Violations 0.70 1.31
Critical violations 0.10 0.27

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

What they get cited for

7 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    5 · 1 OOS
    Lights 3 · Cargo securement 1 · Other parts 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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
2 crashes
  • Dec
    27
    2025
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Snow road, dark - lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Feb
    9
    2025
    New Jersey
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

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 · CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Jan 28, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2019
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: UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY → CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY (Jan 2024)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 2 took effect (the last Jan 28, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • 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 Jan 15, 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
  • New Jersey (HQ) 2
  • New York 2