USA TOWING AND RECOVERY
Legal: SEVERIN MOBILE TOWING 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.
CSA performance breakdown
FMCSA · August 28, 202675 inspections · 25 violations (4 OOS) · 5.3% of inspections had an OOS finding.
Violations by BASIC
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Top cited codes
score = count × severity weight
- 1396.5B-LVehicle Maint.
Lubrication - Oil or grease leak
18
6× · sev 3
- 2393.30-BVehicle Maint.
Battery - Not protected
9
3× · sev 3
- 3393.75A1-TEPBMVehicle Maint.
Tires - All others - Exposed ply or belt material in tread or sidewall area
8
1× · sev 8
- 4393.100B-CVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV
7
1× · sev 7
- 5393.207A-SAPPCBLMVehicle Maint.
Suspension - Axle positioning part cracked/broken/loose/missing.
7
1× · sev 7
- 6393.209D-STBSMVehicle Maint.
Steering - Ball and socket joint has movement under load of the stud nut
6
1× · sev 6
- 7393.9A-LBLVehicle Maint.
Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative
6
1× · sev 6
- 8393.9TSVehicle Maint.
Inoperative turn signal
6
1× · sev 6
- 9393.40F-BNPBVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Brake - Inoperative or missing parking/emergency brake on power unit
4
1× · sev 4
- 10393.41-BNPBVehicle Maint.1 OOS
Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit
4
1× · sev 4
Most inspected in · top 1 states
- CA75
Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.
Safety trends & next-run projection
Where each BASIC sits today, how it ranks against peers, and where it’s heading at the next monthly SMS run.
FMCSA keeps the Crash Indicator percentile private, and its measure needs a power-unit history public data doesn’t expose — so it can’t be estimated yet. VioCodes now records power units monthly, so a calibrated Crash estimate should light up over time. These are the public crash facts (all state-reportable crashes count, regardless of fault).
“Projected” estimates the next monthly SMS run from inspections on record now. FMCSA marks the BASIC percentile itself “Not Public,” so the percentile shown is a VioCodes estimate of how the carrier ranks against its peers, presented as a likely range (shaded on the gauge) and calibrated against real carriers. Crash Indicator has no public estimate — FMCSA keeps its measures fully private. Estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Not affiliated with FMCSA.
Recommendations
What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.
A high share of violations are occurring in San Diego County, CA
Medium impact21 of 30 violations in the last 12 months (70%) came from inspections in San Diego County, CA. That can mean tougher enforcement there or simply more of your miles run through it — either way it's worth a look.
- Review the inspections from San Diego County, CA to spot recurring issues
- Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical
Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.
90-day safety improvement plan
What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.
Inspection & crash map
live · FMCSA MCMISEvery inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).
CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.
Equipment
VINs via NHTSA38 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.
+ 8 more.
Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.
Company profile
FMCSA censusAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
- Interstate · 100+ mi1 drivers
- Interstate · <100 mi1 drivers
- Intrastate · 100+ mi2 drivers
- Intrastate · <100 mi30 drivers
- Company officer
- ASAD RAFFO
- Operation
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
- Registered since
- 2015-01-20
- Last MCS-150 update
- 2026-01-16
- Census status
- Active
Fleet: 36 trucks · 1 owned tractors · 1 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.
Connections
carrier graphThis carrier shares VINs, addresses or phone numbers with 5 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.
Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.
Activity history
10 events- 01/16/2026MCS-150 update filed
0.3M mi reported (2022)
- 02/20/2025Insurance cancelled — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CPO1639902
- 01/24/2025COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (02/03/2025)
- 01/01/2025Insurance filed — NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.
Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy 01-CA-060783249-0
- 01/01/2025Insurance replaced — ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy CPO1639902
- 01/01/2017Insurance replaced — ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 613-00-11-40-0002
- 04/15/2016Insurance cancelled — ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
BIPD/Primary · policy 613-00-11-40-0001
- 03/21/2016COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (04/18/2016)
- 07/09/2015MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
- 01/20/2015Registered with FMCSA
AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.
Operations
Classification
- AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE
Area served
- Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)
FMCSA safety rating
- Rating
- Not rated
- Type
- —
- Rated
- —
- Last review
- —
MCS-150 registration
- Form date
- 2026-01-16
- Reported mileage
- 264,784 mi (2022)
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