TERRY'S TOWING INCORPORATED

DOT# 485240 MC# 809458 St Louis, MO Authorized For-Hire
(314) 645-3117 terrystowing314@yahoo.com 3650 Big Bend Ind Ct, St Louis MO 63143
14 power units · all owned 10 drivers 400k mi/yr · ~29k per unit
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
34 yrs history · 17 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
14
Drivers · CDL
10 · 6
Annual miles
400k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (01-06-2012) · 14 yr old
Registered
05-27-1992 (34 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-06-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
VICKIE WRIGHT
Officer
TERRY WRIGHT

Cargo

73.7
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Machinery/Large Objects General Freight Other: TRAILERS
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, Machinery Large, 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.

Not enough record to grade yet.

17 inspections and 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: for-hire 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.

80% likely range 0.54×–2.04×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.7 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.7
Similar fleets
0.6

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-4 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 (14 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Higher so far, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.6 a year. Too few crashes to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 4% above typical. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Violations 2.18×, out-of-service orders 1.73× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.69× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +18%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    6 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 hours of service, 2 no valid CDL (Oct 2024 – Aug 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and cargo securement
    Lights are 15 of 43 violations (35%). Light or cargo securement defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    38.5% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (5 of 13). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.73× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Driver out-of-service rate
    29.4% of driver inspections end out of service vs 6.7% nationally (5 of 17). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.73× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
  • Hazmat violations
    2 hazmat violations, 1 out of service.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
17
29% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
38.5%
5 of 13
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
29.4%
5 of 17
National avg 6.7%
Violations
43
15 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 4 inspections, 3 out of service 4 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 4 inspections, 2 out of service 4 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 1,440 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.071 0.026
Inspections 0.82 0.75
Violations 1.54 0.50
Critical violations 0.18 0.10

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 10–19 power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

43 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    29 · 8 OOS
    Lights 15 · Cargo securement 4 · Brakes 2 · Other parts 8
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 3 · Reckless / lane 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    4 · 4 OOS
    No log 4
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    2 · 1 OOS
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
  • Mar
    28
    2025
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.
  • Mar
    13
    2025
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since May 6, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2013
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
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → TEXAS INSURANCE COMPANY (Feb 2026); AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY → PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Sep 2025)
  • 3 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Sep 15, 2025, replaced the same day); 2 replaced before they took effect
  • 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 May 7, 2026)

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
  • Missouri (HQ) 11
  • Illinois 3
  • Kentucky 1
  • Oklahoma 1
  • Texas 1