SEVERIN MOBILE TOWING INC

DBA: USA TOWING AND RECOVERY

DOT# 2573232 MC# 899621CARRIER

ACTIVE

Trust Score

96 / 100

A Excellent

Components

Compliance · 40% 100

Safety · 35% 98

Insurance · 25% 85

No active cargo insurance on file

Confidence: high · based on FMCSA safety, insurance & authority data How is this calculated?

Potential Chameleon Carrier

This carrier shares strong identity signals with a carrier that had safety concerns. This is a heuristic flag, not a confirmed finding.

low DOT# 3540402—May be a successor to DOT 3540402 (KAR TOWING INC, inactive). Linked by: address, officer

Overview

Address

289 VERNON WAY

EL CAJON, CA 92020

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Contact

Phone: (619) 444-1800

Fax: (888) 946-2224

Email: karldfields@msn.com

Company Officers

ASAD RAFFO

BASIL RAFFO

Business Info

D&B #: 0

Fleet

Power Units

Drivers

Equipment Breakdown

Owned Trucks35

Owned Tractors1

Authority

Status: ACTIVE

FMCSA add date: Jan 20, 2015

Common authority: Jul 9, 2015

Authority History (3)

Authority Type	Action	Date
COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	Jan 24, 2025 → Feb 3, 2025
COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION → DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	Mar 21, 2016 → Apr 18, 2016
MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	Jul 9, 2015

Cargo Types

General FreightHousehold GoodsMotor VehiclesDrive-Away/Tow-AwayBuilding MaterialsMachinery/Large ObjectsBeveragesConstruction

Active Certifications

Property

MCS-150

Last updated: Jan 16, 2026

Mileage: 264,784 (2022)

Operation Classification

AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier Operation

Intrastate Hazmat

Related Companies

Company	DOT#	MC#	Location	Status	Linked By
KAR TOWING INC DBA: VERNON TRANPORT & LOGISTICS	3540402	1181849	EL CAJON, CA	INACTIVE	AddressOfficer

Recent Changes

Safetytotal crashes: 0 → 1Oct 4, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: ASAD RAFFO → ASAD RAFFOSep 5, 2026

Identitycompany officer 1: ASAD RAFFO → ASAD RAFFOAug 20, 2026

Fleettotal drivers: 34 → 0Aug 18, 2026

Safetyvehicle oos rate: 8.219178 → 14.285714Aug 1, 2026

Safety

Out-of-Service Rates

Driver74 inspections

0.0%

6.3%

Carrier National avg

Vehicle72 inspections

6.9%

22.9%

Carrier National avg

Hazmat

No hazmat inspections

Overall74 inspections

6.8%

Carrier

Crash Summary

Fatal

Injury

1.0

per 1M miles

Towaway

Total

BASIC Violations

Unsafe Driving6

Driver Fitness0

Hours of Service0

Drug / Alcohol0

Vehicle Maintenance26

Safety Measurement System (SMS)

FMCSA's official per-BASIC roadside-performance measures over the trailing 24 months, computed from the 75 inspections below. A measure of 0 means no recorded violations in that BASIC — not necessarily a strong safety record on a small sample. FMCSA does not publish peer-group percentiles for property carriers, so the underlying measures — not percentile rankings — are shown; Hazmat Compliance and Crash Indicator are not published.

SMS Inspections (24 mo)

Total

Driver OOS

Vehicle OOS

BASIC Measures

Unsafe Driving0.000 insp w/ viol

Hours of Service0.000 insp w/ viol

Driver Fitness0.000 insp w/ viol

Controlled Substances0.000 insp w/ viol

Vehicle Maintenance1.4415 insp w/ viol

Insurance

$1,000,000

BIPD Coverage

—

Cargo Coverage

1 policy on file1 active

Type	Status	Insurer	Policy #	Coverage	Effective	Expires	Form
BIPD	Active	NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE CO.	01-CA-060783249-0	$1,000,000	Jan 1, 2025	—	91X

Insurance History (4)

Type	Insurer	Status	Coverage	Effective	Cancelled
BIPD · F91X	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2025
BIPD · F91X	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CancelledTERM/CANCL	$750,000	Jan 1, 2017	Feb 20, 2025
BIPD · F91X	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	ReplacedTERM/REPL	$750,000	Apr 15, 2016	Jan 1, 2017
BIPD · F91X	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CancelledCANCEL	$750,000	Apr 15, 2015	Apr 15, 2016

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