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DEFALCO'S INSTANT TOWING INC

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Company CheckDEFALCO'S INSTANT TOWING INC · DOT 788881

26 COMMERCE ST, CHATHAM, NJ, 07928

DOT# 788881 MC# 352338 Chatham, New Jersey 27 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

9 events tracked · latest Sep 10, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 8

Apr 15, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 out-of-service violations.
Nov 7, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 7, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 15, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Oct 8, 2024
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Oct 2, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address26 COMMERCE ST, CHATHAM, NJ, 07928

Mailing Address26 COMMERCE ST, CHATHAM, NJ, 07928

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeOTHER-UNKNOWN;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC352338

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating27 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 10 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage500,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/17/2026

CompanyINCLINE AMERICAS INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #5NAOC4049-00

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet19 units

Drivers19

Mileage500,000 mi

Operating27 years

MCS-15008/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service1

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total2

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

2024

1 · 0 OOS -

2025

2 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

2024

4 crashes -

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

1 crash ▲

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 Apr 2026, 5 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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
04/15/2026	ROSELLE PARK	NJ	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/02/2024	IRVINGTON TWP	NJ	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/09/2024	BERKELEY HEIGHTS TWP	NJ	0	3	1	5	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/23/2024	CLARK TWP	NJ	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/08/2024	PLAINFIELD CITY	NJ	1	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 5 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 5 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (5)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/06/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2026	CT	Full (Level I)	GREENWICH SCALE	5	3	0	5	3	-	▲Detail
11/07/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	COMMERCE STREET, CHATHAM	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2025	NJ	Full (Level I)	COMMERCE STREET, CHATHAM	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/03/2024	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNOWLTON SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections5

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	TOWCA000198 01	$1,000,000	10/24/2024	04/10/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	TTPKG0112701	$1,000,000	05/27/2014	02/15/2015	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1020000666-01	$0	05/21/2004	02/14/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1020000666-01	$1,000,000	05/21/2004	02/14/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	TOWCA000198 02	$1,000,000	04/11/2025	07/22/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	TOWCA000198 01	$1,000,000	04/10/2024	10/24/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	TOWCA000198 00	$1,000,000	04/10/2023	04/10/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	AAA1143-01	$750,000	04/10/2022	04/10/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED WISCONSIN INSURANCE COMPANY	AAA1143-00	$750,000	04/10/2021	04/10/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLEAR SPRING PROPERTY AND CASUALTY COMPANY	TOWCA000118 00	$1,000,000	03/10/2021	04/10/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	AXSAT-00047-01	$750,000	03/10/2018	03/10/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AXIS INSURANCE COMPANY	AXSA-00047-00	$1,000,000	02/15/2017	03/10/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	XNDA-01402-00	$1,000,000	02/15/2015	02/15/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	TTPKG0112700	$1,000,000	02/15/2013	05/27/2014	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$0	02/14/2012	10/11/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$1,000,000	02/14/2012	10/11/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$0	02/14/2012	08/31/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$1,000,000	02/14/2012	08/31/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$0	02/14/2012	02/14/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STAR INSURANCE COMPANY	CA0703758	$1,000,000	02/14/2012	02/14/2013	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	CH09PKG013768	$0	02/14/2009	02/14/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NAVIGATORS INSURANCE COMPANY	CH09PKG013768	$1,000,000	02/14/2009	02/14/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000066602	$1,000,000	02/14/2005	02/14/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000066602	$0	02/14/2005	02/14/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1020000666-01	$0	02/14/2004	05/21/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP1020000666-01	$1,000,000	02/14/2004	05/21/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000066600	$750,000	02/14/2003	02/14/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP102000066600	$0	02/14/2003	02/14/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB 14 84-1	$0	02/14/2002	02/14/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB 14 84-1	$1,000,000	02/14/2002	02/14/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB14840	$1,000,000	02/14/2001	02/14/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	KB14840	$0	02/14/2001	02/14/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	GKP0290366	$1,000,000	02/14/2000	02/14/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	DIAMOND STATE INSURANCE COMPANY	GKP0290366	$1,000,000	02/14/2000	02/14/2001	Replaced
34	CARGO	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	TIP 229-46-08	$0	02/14/1999	03/16/2000	Cancelled
91	BIPD	GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	TIP 229-46-08	$0	02/14/1998	03/16/2000	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/27/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/08/2024
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/25/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/15/2025
MC352338	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/27/2022	-	-
MC352338	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/19/2016	REVOKED	03/19/2018
MC352338	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/29/2018	REVOKED	04/18/2022
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/14/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/08/2025
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/14/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/10/2023
MC352338	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/02/1999	REVOKED	06/06/2000
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/11/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/11/2021
MC352338	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/19/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/17/2017

No revocation records.

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

No email address on file−2

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

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 19 vehicles (~0.11 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 19 vehicles (~0.11 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

DEFALCO'S INSTANT TOWING INC

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (5)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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