HURST TOWING & RECOVERY INC

DOT# 473665 MC# 492819 Birmingham, AL Authorized For-Hire
(205) 631-8697 hursttows@yahoo.com 1620 Carson Rd North, Birmingham AL 35217
20 power units · all owned 15 drivers 795k mi/yr · ~40k per unit
HazMat
Poor Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 2 of the 20 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 10.0 / 100
Prior-only confidence
34 yrs history · 0 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
20
Drivers · CDL
15 · 15
Annual miles
795k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 18 0 0 18
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
03-13-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-01-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
LYNN HURST
Officer
BRIAN HALL

Cargo

76.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large

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

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 20 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 2 units seen in 24 months, 0.00 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 2.67×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Critical. Its estimate (2.67× similar fleets) is in the Critical range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Critical line (2.11×), so the grade stays Poor.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
About 2.7× 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), including 1 fatal (1 death); similar fleets have about 0.2 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
No roadside record. No inspections in the scoring window, so roadside results leave its estimate at typical.

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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Jan 10, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 2 of the 20 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (0 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 20 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated May 2026).
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, last 24 months · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
1 fatality · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
0
roadside inspections
Vehicle out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
—
no inspections
National avg 6.7%
Violations
0
0 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Alabama (about 26 in 24 months would be typical).

vs 737 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.050 0.028
Inspections 0.03 0.77
Violations 0.00 0.45
Critical violations 0.00 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

0 violations · 24 months

No violations on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Apr
    3
    2026
    Alabama
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    10
    2026
    Georgia
    Fatal · 1 death
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
    In the news
    One dead in Troup County crash Saturday night
    CNAW2 News · Jan 11, 2026

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report GA0010200814 (Georgia Department of Public Safety) lists HURST TOWING & RECOVERY INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name HURST TOWING & RECOVERY INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

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 · ACADIA INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 7, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2004
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
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 19, 2020)

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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