LINCOLN TOWING ENTERPRISES INC

DBA: LINCOLN TOWING

DOT# 997448 MC# 422726 Seattle, WA Authorized For-Hire
(206) 364-2000 mbartolotti@r1w.com 12220 Aurora Avenue N, Seattle WA 98133
15 power units · all owned 8 drivers
Intrastate Only
Not enough record
Graded once the record supports it
24 yrs history · 13 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
15
Drivers · CDL
8 · 0
Annual miles
66k unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 13 0 0 13
Tractors 2 0 0 2
Trailers 2 0 0 2

Registration

Registered
01-09-2002 (24 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-27-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL BARTOLOTTI

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.

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).

Intrastate Only

Intrastate-only carrier — not required to file MCS-150. May be inspected less frequently than interstate carriers. Safety rates may have lower statistical confidence.

Not enough record to grade yet.

13 inspections and no crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months fit anything from an Excellent fleet to a Poor one. It leans better than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but not by enough to grade.

Similar fleets: private 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 0.26×–1.61×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.4 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.4

A record this thin can't pin that down: about a 1-in-9 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 (15 power units).
What the record shows
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.4 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.59× and unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.25× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +8%: 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: 2 no valid CDL (Feb 2025 – Sep 2025).
    Ask: driver qualification files and hiring standards.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 6 of 25 violations (24%). Light or tire defects led to 6 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    40.0% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (4 of 10). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.23× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
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, Feb 2025 – Aug 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
13
8% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
40.0%
4 of 10
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
15.4%
2 of 13
National avg 6.7%
Violations
25
9 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 2 inspections, 1 out of service 2 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q3 '26
vs 1,440 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.026
Inspections 0.60 0.75
Violations 0.83 0.50
Critical violations 0.37 0.10

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

What they get cited for

25 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    17 · 7 OOS
    Lights 6 · Tires 4 · Cargo securement 2 · Other parts 5
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 5
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 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

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)
$2,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Apr 1, 2020 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Dec 2001
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Dec 31, 2015)

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
  • Washington (HQ) 13