A-1 TOWING & REPAIR LLC

DOT# 676804 MC# 604671 Chattanooga, TN Authorized For-Hire
(423) 867-2020 admin@a1towingrepair.com 4400 7th Ave, Chattanooga TN 37407
12 power units · all owned 9 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 30.0 / 100
Low confidence
29 yrs history · 8 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
9 · 0
Annual miles
100k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
02-18-1997 (29 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-18-2026 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
SHAILESH PATEL
Officer
ANKIT RATHOD

Cargo

67.7
medium risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber 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.

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).

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

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.

This motor carrier 1.63×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Poor. Its estimate (1.63× similar fleets) is in the Poor range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Poor line (1.57×), so the grade stays Marginal.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
About 1.6× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), all 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.3 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.54× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -4%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    3 crashes with 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Driver qualification
    1 out-of-service violation against drivers: 1 no valid CDL (Jul 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
Data flags
  • 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, Oct 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
8
50% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 2
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
12.5%
1 of 8
National avg 6.7%
Violations
5
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 16,659 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.083 0.031
Inspections 0.46 1.11
Violations 0.21 0.89
Critical violations 0.12 0.17

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

What they get cited for

5 violations · 24 months
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    3 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 3
  • Driver fitness No alert
    2 · 1 OOS
    Medical certificate 1 · No valid CDL 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Vehicle maintenance 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
  • Apr
    6
    2026
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.
  • Apr
    2
    2026
    Tennessee
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Oct
    23
    2024
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Central Mutual Insurance Company
on record since Jun 27, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2011
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: New Hampshire Insurance Company → Central Mutual Insurance Company (Jun 2026); ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY → New Hampshire Insurance Company (Jun 2025)
  • 2 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 1 took effect (the last Jun 27, 2026, replaced the same day); 1 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 new registration system, status since Jan 5, 2012)

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
  • Georgia 7
  • Tennessee (HQ) 1