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PRIORITY TOWING AND RECOVERY INC

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Company CheckPRIORITY TOWING AND RECOVERY INC · DOT 2494199

5305 VILLAGE CENTER DR STE 18, COLUMBIA, MD, 21044

DOT# 2494199 MC# 864006 Columbia, Maryland 5 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jul 13, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jul 13, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 24, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jun 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Apr 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address5305 VILLAGE CENTER DR STE 18, COLUMBIA, MD, 21044

Mailing Address5305 VILLAGE CENTER DR STE 18, COLUMBIA, MD, 21044

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC864006

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 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 .71 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .06 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 3.31 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage700,000 miles

Mileage Year2022

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

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS2.5% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS7.5% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective04/28/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA869286377

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers15

Mileage700,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total40

Out of Service1

OOS Rate2.5%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total40

Out of Service3

OOS Rate7.5%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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

2023

14 · 2 OOS -

2024

25 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

22 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

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 Jul 2026, 27 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (18.5% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
06/22/2024	SEVERN	MD	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/13/2023	LIBERTY RD	MD	0	3	1	4	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

23 roadside violations across 27 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 15 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 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 (66)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/13/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SYKESVILLE MD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWINGS MILLS MD	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/15/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
04/10/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/19/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELDERSBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAPITOL HEIGHTS MD	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/04/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST FRIENDSHIP MD	5	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/21/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SYKESVILLE MD	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/03/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	SYKESVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	BALTIMORE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	BALTIMORE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/14/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	HOWARD COUNTY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/12/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CARROLL COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 NORTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/25/2024	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTHBOUND ON 895}TOLL FACILIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MONTGOMERY COUNTY	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 50 @ VIENNA SCALE HOUSE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-270 S/B HYATTSTOWN SCALEHOUS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE COUNTY	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/15/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 NEW MARKET SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-95 NORTHBOUND SCALE FACILITY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/08/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/07/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/06/2023	MD	Full (Level I)	I-70 W FRIENDSHIP SCALE HOUSE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections31

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 9 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2014-08-25	New Entrant Revoked - Refusal of Audit/No Contact	ACTIVE	2014-09-28

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	12/01/2015	03/01/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	12/01/2015	04/04/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3345258	$1,000,000	11/11/2014	10/27/2015	Replaced
34	CARGO	ERIE INSURANCE COMPANY	Q61 0234096	$0	10/27/2022	10/27/2022	Replaced
34	CARGO	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q10 2780192	$0	10/27/2022	11/29/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE	Q10 2780192	$1,000,000	10/27/2022	10/27/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	9799272	$1,000,000	10/27/2017	10/27/2022	Replaced
34	CARGO	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	9799271	$0	10/27/2017	10/27/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	10/27/2016	10/27/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	10/27/2015	12/01/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	10/27/2015	01/26/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0003332	$1,000,000	03/01/2016	10/27/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC864006	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/02/2014	-	-
MC864006	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/02/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/18/2017
MC864006	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/30/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/27/2016
MC864006	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/08/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/11/2016

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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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

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.

PRIORITY TOWING AND RECOVERY INC

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Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (66)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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