AL'S TOWING & STORAGE INC

DOT# 589280 MC# 459902 Arlington, VA Authorized For-Hire
(703) 435-8888 bettyb@alstowingandstorage.com 6820 N Fairfax Dr, Arlington VA 22213
55 power units · all owned 24 drivers
HazMat
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
31 yrs history · 6 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
55
Drivers · CDL
24 · 24
Annual miles
15k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 25 0 0 25
Tractors 30 0 0 30
Trailers 7 0 0 7

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (08-03-2010) · 16 yr old
Registered
02-03-1995 (31 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
11-02-2024 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
AL LEACH

Cargo

69.3
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Building Materials Construction
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 on this page assume the filed fleet of 55 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.05 inspections per filed unit-year. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Not enough record to grade yet.

6 inspections and 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 50–99 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 0.17×–1.68×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.6 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.6

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-8 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 (55 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 0.6 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Out-of-service orders 1.58× and violations 1.43× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +9%: 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.

  • Driver qualification
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 1 medical certificate, 1 no valid CDL (Nov 2024).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 55 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (6 inspections in all). The crash expectation assumes all 55 are running.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Nov 2024).
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
6
33% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
2 of 6
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
16.7%
1 of 6
National avg 6.7%
Violations
12
4 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 50–99 trucks in Virginia (about 42 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 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: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 4,136 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.009 0.026
Inspections 0.09 0.97
Violations 0.11 0.57
Critical violations 0.02 0.12

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

12 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    8 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 7 · Tires 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 1 · Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 2 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service 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
  • Dec
    3
    2024
    Virginia
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

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 · AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 26, 2025 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2003
Cargo filing
on file · AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY since Jan 26, 2025
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE → AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2025)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 28, 2019)

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 6