PAST & PRESENT TOWING & RECOVERY INC

DOT# 449142 MC# 266955 DUNS# 179778444 Laurel, MD Authorized For-Hire
(301) 210-6222 info@mdtowing.com 7810 Academy Lane, Laurel MD 20707
6 power units · all owned 6 drivers 313k mi/yr · ~52k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 77.1 / 100
Low confidence
35 yrs history · 16 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
6 · 1
Annual miles
313k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 6 0 0 6
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (06-15-2005) · 21 yr old
Registered
06-14-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-22-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
STEVE PALMER
Officer
STEVE PALMER

Cargo

72.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Other: AUTOMOBILES
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.

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.

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

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.

This motor carrier 0.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.2 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.2
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.37×, violations 0.57× and out-of-service orders 0.77× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -16%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

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.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 6 of 10 violations (60%). Light or brake defects led to 5 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 75% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Substance violations: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Apr 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
16
75% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.0%
3 of 15
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
6.2%
1 of 16
National avg 6.7%
Violations
10
5 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26
vs 6,610 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.032
Inspections 2.42 1.10
Violations 0.92 1.04
Critical violations 0.08 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
    10 · 5 OOS
    Lights 6 · Brakes 4
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • 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 · CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY
on record since Mar 27, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jul 1993
Cargo filing
on file · CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY since Mar 27, 2026
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY → CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY (Mar 2026); THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY → AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Mar 2025)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Mar 26, 2004)

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) 14
  • District of Columbia 1
  • Federal inspectors 1