REDLINE TOWING & RECOVERY INC

DOT# 4153789 MC# 1595073 Northbrook, IL Authorized For-Hire
(708) 666-6612 rtr@tscgroupinc.net 1863 Techny Rd Ste A, Northbrook IL 60062
9 tractors · all owned 11 drivers 259k mi/yr · ~29k per unit
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
3 yrs history · 17 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
9
Drivers · CDL
11 · 11
Annual miles
259k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 9 0 0 9
Trailers 1 0 0 1

Registration

Registered
11-06-2023 (3 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-12-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MUATH ALWAN

Cargo

76.5
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Not enough record to grade yet.

17 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate 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.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

80% likely range 0.45×–1.63×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 0.9 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
0.9

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-9 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 (9 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.9 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 10% below typical. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 2.07× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.48× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +10%: 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.

  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 no valid CDL, 1 hours of service (Sep 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 11 of 26 violations (42%). Light or brake defects led to 9 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    72.7% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (8 of 11). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 2.07× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2

Track record

FMCSA record, Jan 2025 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
17
12% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
72.7%
8 of 11
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
11.8%
2 of 17
National avg 6.7%
Violations
26
14 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in Illinois (about 12 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 2 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 4,749 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.056 0.038
Inspections 1.22 1.38
Violations 1.44 1.31
Critical violations 0.22 0.27

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

What they get cited for

26 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    17 · 12 OOS
    Lights 11 · Brakes 1 · Cargo securement 1 · Tires 1 · Wheels & hubs 1 · 2 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 4 · Reckless / lane 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1 · No log 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • 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

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

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 · NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.
on record since Nov 16, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Nov 2023
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 Nov 16, 2025, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 2

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Nov 14, 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
  • Indiana 7
  • Michigan 4
  • Iowa 2
  • Missouri 2
  • Ohio 2