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NEEDHAM TOWING SERVICE INC

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Company CheckNEEDHAM TOWING SERVICE INC · DOT 1032579

DBA: NEEDHAM TOWING SERVICE

39 WEXFORD ST, NEEDHAM, MA, 02494

DOT# 1032579 MC# MC537511 Needham, Massachusetts 13 years

CARRIER Legal name changed · Aug 19, 2026

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Aug 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Identity & ownership 2

Aug 19, 2026
Company legal name changed.
Aug 19, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 3

Jun 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 4, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 31, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address39 WEXFORD ST, NEEDHAM, MA, 02494

Mailing AddressPO 356, NEEDHAM, MA, 02494

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC537511

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating13 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage75,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type91X

Effective09/09/2019

CompanyTHE COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BHXYDK

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage75,000 mi

Operating13 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2024

3 · 0 OOS -

2025

1 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

8 roadside violations across 3 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 6 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
06/30/2026	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	CT	2	0	2	-	▲Detail
04/04/2026	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-BRAINTREE	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	ME	Walk-Around (Level II)	YORK - SCALES	3	0	3	-	▲Detail
04/11/2024	US	Full (Level I)	WILLISTON VT	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	S-STONEHAM	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2024	MA	Driver-Only (Level III)	H-WOBURN	3	3	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections3

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	10/28/2015	07/08/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	10/28/2015	07/21/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	08/05/2013	04/09/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	08/05/2013	04/23/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	07/08/2016	02/15/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	07/08/2016	02/23/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	04/09/2015	10/28/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	04/09/2015	11/20/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	02/15/2018	02/15/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAFETY INSURANCE CO.	3950123	$1,000,000	02/15/2017	09/09/2019	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC537511	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	DISMISSED	11/09/2005	-	-
MC537511	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/26/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/29/2015
MC537511	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/16/2013	-	-
MC537511	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/24/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/11/2016
MC537511	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/27/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/10/2015
MC537511	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/29/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/16/2018

No revocation records.

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100/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Active for-hire authority on file, FMCSA requires insurance to keep it active.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

NEEDHAM TOWING SERVICE INC

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Company Information

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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