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416 ALDO AVE, SANTA CLARA, CA, 95054

DOT# 2668009 Santa Clara, California

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jun 22, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 12, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Apr 28, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 23, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

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

Contact Details

Phone(408) 590-5617

Email[email protected]

Physical Address416 ALDO AVE, SANTA CLARA, CA, 95054

Mailing Address416 ALDO AVE, SANTA CLARA, CA, 95054

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Company Overview

UNIQUE TOWING INC is an motor carrier based in Santa Clara, California. The fleet consists of 20 power units and 22 drivers. With zero crashes across 81 inspections, UNIQUE TOWING INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, UNIQUE TOWING INC has a Trust Score of 72/100 (Good).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.5% avg 20.7%

Insurance

AmountNone on file

Type-

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet20 units

Drivers22

MCS-15009/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total42

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total39

Out of Service8

OOS Rate20.5%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

3 · 1 OOS —

2024

19 · 1 OOS =

2025

24 · 6 OOS ▲

2026

11 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash —

2024

0 crashes ▼

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 May 2026 — 41 inspections, 8 resulted in out-of-service (19.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 8 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
09/26/2023	SUNNYVALE	CA	0	0	1	4	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

20 roadside violations across 41 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 16 violations · 8 OOS

Unsafe Driving 4 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 (57)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/14/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/12/2026 ▼	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWA2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
04/28/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/23/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/12/2026 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	3	0	0	0	3	0	-
Violations (3) 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 — CFR 393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Non-OOS 393.47E — CFR 393.47E Non-OOS 393.53B-B — CFR 393.53B-B Non-OOS
02/26/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/18/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/10/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/09/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/09/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
02/03/2026 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.75A1-TFBMF — CFR 393.75A1-TFBMF OOS
11/10/2025 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.45B2-BHTD — CFR 393.45B2-BHTD OOS
11/10/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/10/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/03/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/04/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/23/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/29/2025 ▼	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLEWA1 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
05/15/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/09/2025 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	N/B NIMITZ CVEF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.45B2-BHTD — CFR 393.45B2-BHTD OOS
05/08/2025 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2-SLLDL — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
05/08/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/08/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
05/02/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/24/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/17/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/16/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/09/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/08/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/07/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
03/20/2025 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	3	1	0	0	3	1	-
Violations (3) 393.209D-STBSP — CFR 393.209D-STBSP OOS 393.104B-C — CFR 393.104B-C Non-OOS 396.5B-L — CFR 396.5B-L Non-OOS
03/11/2025 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	3	1	0	0	3	1	-
Violations (3) 393.75B-TFV — CFR 393.75B-TFV Non-OOS 393.75A3-TAOL — CFR 393.75A3-TAOL OOS 392.2-SLLEQP — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
03/05/2025 ▼	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MISSION GRADE IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.75A3-TAOL — CFR 393.75A3-TAOL OOS
02/13/2025 ▼	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NIMITZ IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 393.75A3-TAOL — CFR 393.75A3-TAOL OOS
10/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
09/26/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	MISSION GRADE IF	1	1	0	0	1	1	-
Violations (1) 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) OOS
08/27/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 396.3(a)(1) — CFR 396.3(a)(1) Non-OOS 393.60(c) — CFR 393.60(c) Non-OOS
08/07/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/23/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
07/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
06/03/2024 ▼	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 392.2 — Failing to Secure Cargo Non-OOS (Unsafe Driving)
04/25/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.207(a) — CFR 393.207(a) Non-OOS
04/25/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	2	0	0	0	2	0	-
Violations (2) 396.5(b) — CFR 396.5(b) Non-OOS 396.5(a) — CFR 396.5(a) Non-OOS
04/25/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.60(d) — CFR 393.60(d) Non-OOS
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY CVEF N/B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/18/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
04/01/2024 ▼	CA	Full (Level I)	NIMITZ IF	1	0	0	0	1	0	-
Violations (1) 393.9(a) — CFR 393.9(a) Non-OOS
02/22/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
01/03/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
10/24/2023 ▼	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	NIMITZ IF	5	4	1	1	4	3	1
Violations (5) 383.23(a)(2) — CFR 383.23(a)(2) OOS 397.3 — CFR 397.3 Non-OOS 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS 393.75(a)(3) — CFR 393.75(a)(3) OOS
09/12/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	MISSION GRADE IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
08/24/2023	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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72/100

Good

NOT 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 — from 100 to 72

−25

Starts at 100−28 totalFinal 72

No insurance or bond on file−25

Operating history unknown−3

Verification — 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers — a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

FMCSA shows coverage is required for this authority, but no active insurance or surety bond is on file as of 6/16/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA shows insurance is required but no active insurance or surety bond is currently on file (per the latest FMCSA filing as of 6/16/2026).

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

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) knockout	−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.

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Inspection Records (57)

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