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Company CheckGKS TOWING & RECOVERY INC · DOT 4294336

497 DOVER RD, GLEN BURNIE, MD, 21061-1288

DOT# 4294336 MC# MC-65572162 Glen Burnie, Maryland

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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

12 events tracked · latest Oct 25, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 8

Sep 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 23, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 7, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 27, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 out-of-service violations.
Aug 21, 2026
GRANTED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Aug 2, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 24, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 19, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 4

Current
Active insurance on file through AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC ($1,000).
Sep 24, 2026
Insurance on file through AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC ($1,000).
Sep 24, 2026
Insurance policy cancelled (AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC).
Aug 11, 2026
Insurance on file through AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC ($1,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address497 DOVER RD, GLEN BURNIE, MD, 21061-1288

Mailing Address497 DOVER RD, GLEN BURNIE, MD, 21061-1288

Other Companies at This Address

Address497 DOVER RD, GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061-1288

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
AJ ROADSIDE & FLEET INC	7654804	Sign in	Active
GKS TOWING & RECOVERY INC this company	4294336	Sign in	Active

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

CommonActive

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 3.89 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 1.32 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.5 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage10,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS33.3% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS20.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

CompanyAGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC

Last checked10/24/2026

Active Policies1

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers10

Mileage10,000 mi

MCS-15011/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away3

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service2

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

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

2025

2 · 1 OOS -

2026

12 · 6 OOS ▲

Crashes

2025

2 crashes -

2026

2 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 Sep 2026, 14 inspections, 7 resulted in out-of-service (50% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 9 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (4)

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	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
08/02/2026	ODENTON	MD	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
01/24/2026	BALTIMORE	MD	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Wet	Dusk
10/19/2025	BOWIE	MD	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/11/2025	UPPER MARLBORO	MD	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

23 roadside violations across 14 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 11 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 4 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 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 (14)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
09/26/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	COLLEGE PARK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/23/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/07/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	CLARKSBURG MD	4	3	0	0	4	3	-	▲Detail
08/25/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	UPPER MARLBORO MD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/02/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/01/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	PERRYVILLE MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SAINT LEONARD MD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2026	DC	Driver-Only (Level III)	WASHINGTON DC	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	BALTIMORE MD	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/01/2026	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	6	3	0	0	6	3	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	ELKRIDGE MD	5	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	COLLEGE PARK MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections10

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0052343	$1,000,000	09/24/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA0052343	$1,000,000	08/11/2026	09/24/2026	-

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
91X	BIPD/Primary	AGENCY INSURANCE COMPANY OF MARYLAND, INC	CA 0052343	$1,000,000	09/24/2026

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC65572162	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/21/2026	-	-

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80/100

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, from 100 to 80

−10

Starts at 100−20 totalFinal 80

Very new carrier (under 1 year)−10

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−5

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

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-10

Very new carrier (under 1 year)

Operating authority was granted less than a year ago.

-5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.3 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−5 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.3 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 33.3333% 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.

GKS TOWING & RECOVERY INC

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (14)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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