MORTON'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC
Risk factors
Low riskVioCodes scoreA weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.
Roadside inspection performance
Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.
Crash record (US, last 24 months)
Total
2
Tow-away
1
Injury
1
Fatal
0
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi6 drivers
- Company officer
- DAVID EDWARD MORTON
- Operation
- Interstate · Hazmat
- Registered since
- 2002-10-21
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-02-19
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 26 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 2 owned trailers.
Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.
Data change history
Every FMCSA record change we’ve detected — address, fleet size, contacts, MCS-150 — newest first.
Activity history
13 events- 02/19/2026MCS-150 update filed
0.6M mi reported (2025)
- 11/15/2020Insurance cancelled — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy CPM8950409
- 11/12/2020Insurance filed — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy GPM9250689
- 11/12/2020Insurance cancelled — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GPM9250689
- 11/08/2020Insurance cancelled — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GPM8950409
- 10/13/2020COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/21/2020)
- 10/04/2020Insurance filed — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
Cargo — BMC-34 · policy CPM9250689
- 10/04/2020Insurance replaced — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
CARGO · policy CPM8950409
- 10/04/2019Insurance cancelled — THE PENINSULA INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy GPM8950409
- 09/09/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/02/2019)
- 10/04/2016Insurance replaced — GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
BIPD/Primary · policy 24 CC 313702 20
- 04/13/2016MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
- 10/21/2002Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Interstate
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- Non-ratable review
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- 2022-02-01
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-02-19
- Reported mileage
- 585,090 mi (2025)
Changes on file
FMCSA census historyOctober, 2024
- Drivers shrank to 6
January, 2022
- Fleet grew to 27 power units
January, 2021
First on-record entry — MORTON'S TOWING & RECOVERY INC, CLARKSBURG, MD
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