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Franklin · 53132 · Milwaukee County

Franklin towing after a crash: the report, the tow and where the car goes

Fourteen of our 16 completed Franklin jobs in the 12 months to October 2026 were tows. When a Franklin call starts with a collision, the order of things matters more than speed: safety, the police report, then the tow. A live dispatcher at (414) 279-5510 handles the last part, quotes it and gives you an arrival estimate.

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Collision

Crash inside Franklin limits: what happens, step by step

Franklin has no freeway exits inside its limits on our map, so a crash here is almost always on a city road. This is the order that keeps the paperwork clean:

  1. If the car still drives and nobody is hurt, move it out of the travel lane to a lot or side street. If it does not, leave it, hazards on, and get everyone off the road.
  2. Wait for the Franklin Police Department and follow the officer’s lead on when the cars can be moved. Write down the report number before anyone hooks up.
  3. Swap names, insurers and policy numbers with the other driver. Photograph the damage on both cars.
  4. Call (414) 279-5510. Tell the dispatcher whether the car rolls, whether fluids are leaking and where it should go. If you are paying through insurance or a motor club, name it, and ask whether they can be billed directly.

Our accident towing page explains what the driver does at the scene.

Where a damaged car can go from Franklin

You choose. The four answers people usually pick:

Your home
Good if you need time to talk to your insurer before choosing a shop.
A body shop
Yours or the one your insurer sends you to. Have the shop name and address ready.
A dealer
Useful when the repair needs factory parts or warranty work.
Our storage lot
206 W Layton Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207, if you need a place to hold the car while you decide.

Distance and vehicle set the price, so the destination you choose changes the quote. The towing cost page shows how.

Franklin roads by name and route number

Callers often know a road by one name and the sign shows another. Either works:

RoadRoute signsSignalized crossings on our map
Loomis RoadWIS 36, US 45Drexel Avenue, Ryan Road
Lovers Lane RoadUS 45, WIS 100Church Street, and the five-way at Church Street and Drexel Avenue
Ryan Road / St. Martins RoadWIS 100Forest Home Avenue at St. Martins Road
76th StreetNone on our mapDrexel Avenue, Puetz Road, Ryan Road
Rawson AvenueCounty BB68th Street, and Forest Home Avenue

No low-clearance points are mapped inside Franklin, so height is not a routing problem here. Weight is a different story: see the business-park section below.

What Franklin callers needed, 12 months to October 2026

Completed Franklin jobs, by the reason on each ticket:

  • Tows 14
  • Fuel delivery 1
  • Winch-outs 1

16 completed jobs

A slide into a ditch is not always a tow. A winch-out pulls the car back onto the road: $110 when it sits about 8 feet off the pavement in mud or snow, $200 when it is about 20 feet down into a ditch. Out of gas? Fuel delivery within 10 miles of our yard is $75.

Pickups from Franklin business and industrial parks

Fleet vehicles and work trucks break down here too. These are the sites on our Franklin map:

Franklin Business Park and Franklin Industrial Park
Both mapped near 51st Street and Ryan Road
We Energies
Near 51st Street and Rawson Avenue
Metro Gas Recovery
In the far southwest corner of the city, beyond Loomis Road and Ryan Road
Northwestern Mutual
Its Franklin site on Northwestern Mutual Way, near 27th Street

Franklin has 39 posted weight limits on our map, most of them 3 tons on roads such as 35th Street, 68th Street, 92nd Street, Puetz Road and Oakwood Road. For anything heavier than a pickup, read heavy-duty towing and give the dispatcher the vehicle weight.

Franklin questions

Which hospital is in Franklin?

Ascension Southeast Wisconsin Hospital - Franklin Campus is the hospital on our Franklin map. If someone needs an ambulance, call 911 before anything else.

I live in a Franklin subdivision. What do I tell the dispatcher?

The street address, plus the nearest main crossing. Hidden Lakes is near 35th Street and Rawson Avenue; The Woodlands, Mission Ridge, Hillview Estates and Princeton Estates sit off 51st Street near Rawson; Prairie Grass Preserve is by Puetz Road and St. Martins Road.

My car is in the Whitnall Park Golf Course lot. Can a truck reach it?

That lot is mapped as surface parking, so there is no clearance bar in the way. Give the nearest building, and say if the car is on grass or gravel.

Around Franklin

Oak Creek is the next city east and Milwaukee starts at the north line. Greendale, Hales Corners, Greenfield and Muskego each have their own page.

For a plain breakdown, start at towing. AWD and lowered cars ride a flatbed.

Report number in hand? Call for the tow

Tell us where in Franklin the car is, what it is, and where it is going. You get the price and a time estimate before the truck leaves.

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