40 WEST AUTO CARE & TOWING LLC

DBA: 40 WEST TOWING

DOT# 429281 MC# 595194 DUNS# 37729274 Frederick, MD Authorized For-Hire / Exempt For-Hire
(301) 662-2242 40 westautocaretowing@gmail.com 284 Montevue Ln, Frederick MD 21705
2 power units · all owned 3 drivers 153k mi/yr · ~76k per unit
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
36 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
2
Drivers · CDL
3 · 0
Annual miles
153k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 2 0 0 2
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Cargo Operation
Interstate
Scope
Interstate (Beyond 100 miles)
Registered
11-27-1990 (36 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-01-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
EARLE ARNOLD

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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

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

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

80% likely range 0.14×–1.91×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.1 vs 0.1 for similar fleets
Most likely none
This motor carrier
0.1
Similar fleets
0.1

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-6 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 (2 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.1 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Mixed. Out-of-service orders 1.31× the rate expected for its inspections, but unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.63× and violations 0.71×. Together they move its crash estimate -6%: 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.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Mar 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
36.4%
4 of 11
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
4 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 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: 6 inspections, 3 out of service 6 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 6,610 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.032
Inspections 4.25 1.10
Violations 2.50 1.04
Critical violations 0.50 0.21

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

What they get cited for

10 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    9 · 4 OOS
    Brakes 8 · Lights 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness 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

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 · ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE
on record since Sep 12, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Feb 2007
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
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, 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 Sep 16, 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
  • Maryland (HQ) 11