The number of vehicles that were towed in the Chicagoland area decreased last year from 2006, according to statistics provided by the city Department of Streets and Sanitation and the Illinois Commerce Commission. t.s.
145,551
The number of vehicles the city towed in 2007
147,157: The number in 2006
$27.2M
The amount of towing revenue the city earned in 2007
$25.5 million: The amount in 2006
488
The number of comments and complaints the city received about towing in 2007
466: The number in 2006
19.7%
Percentage of city towing hearings that ruled that vehicle owners were not liable for the tow in 2007
19.4%: Percentage in 2006
97,773
The number of vehicles privately towed in 2007 in Kane, Cook, Will, Winnebago, DuPage Counties
105,819: The number in 2006
3.1%
Percentage of complaints to the Illinois Commerce Commission about private towing that resulted in a refund in 2007
5.2%: Percentage in 2006
$7.50
The amount private companies that service the private lots pay to the Illinois Commerce Commission per vehicle towed
