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NORTHWEST INDIANA TOWING & RECOVERY LLC

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Company CheckNORTHWEST INDIANA TOWING & RECOVERY LLC · DOT 3788603

DOT# 3788603 MC# 1359446 Morton Grove, Illinois 4 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Sep 12, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 3

Feb 5, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jan 29, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Oct 28, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

Insurance 1

Sep 12, 2025
Insurance policy cancelled (AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

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Other Companies at This Address

Address5940 OAKTON ST, MORTON GROVE, IL 60053-3306

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
LIN-MAR MOTORS INC	984635	Sign in	Active
LIN-MAR TRANSPORT LLC	4046071	Sign in	Active
NORTHWEST INDIANA TOWING & RECOVERY LLC this company	3788603	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1359446

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

Mileage

Annual Mileage33,000 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

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS100.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers3

Mileage33,000 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15005/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service1

OOS Rate100.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

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

1 · 1 OOS -

2025

1 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

2025

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 Feb 2025, 1 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (100% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 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
06/01/2024	GARY	IN	0	0	1	2	Rain	Wet	Dark - Lighted

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 roadside violations across 1 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

Unsafe Driving 1 violation · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 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 (2)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/05/2025	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LYMAN	3	1	3	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/08/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GARY IN	6	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP528424	$1,000,000	10/26/2024	01/24/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	GLA1642954	$1,000,000	08/25/2023	01/24/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP632577	$1,000,000	07/13/2025	09/12/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955522507	$1,000,000	02/14/2022	01/24/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA955522507	$1,000,000	02/14/2022	03/02/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP632577	$1,000,000	01/24/2025	07/13/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	K2GP528424	$1,000,000	01/24/2024	10/26/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	GLA1642954	$1,000,000	01/24/2023	08/25/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	GLA1642954	$1,000,000	01/24/2023	08/31/2023	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1359446	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/30/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/29/2025
MC1359446	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/28/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2024
MC1359446	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/30/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2024
MC1359446	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/04/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/28/2023
MC1359446	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/16/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/25/2025
MC1359446	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/18/2022	REVOKED	09/22/2025

No revocation records.

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57/100

Fair

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 57

−25

−10

Starts at 100−43 totalFinal 57

Not active with FMCSA−25

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

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

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 100% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 100% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

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Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (2)

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