Carrier profile · USDOT 1748348 · MC-640079 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bowen Transportation Inc

20 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 3 statesRENO, NV100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-640079 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbowenonline.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 20-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 38 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 24 total · 0 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20222002
20203033
20192012
20184004
20174024
20154014
20141001
20131011
20112012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 4, 2023NV00Yes
Dec 30, 2022NV00Yes
Jan 5, 2022NV00Yes
Dec 23, 2020NV01Yes
May 19, 2020NV02Yes
Feb 25, 2020NV01Yes
Sep 27, 2019NV00Yes
Mar 11, 2019NV01Yes
Dec 17, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 7, 2018NV00Yes
Aug 29, 2018NV00Yes
Feb 14, 2018CA00Yes
Nov 16, 2017NV02Yes
Sep 11, 2017NV00Yes
Jul 10, 2017NV00Yes
Apr 8, 2017NV02Yes
Dec 17, 2015NV00Yes
Aug 20, 2015CA00Yes
Jul 15, 2015CA01Yes
Jan 8, 2015NV00Yes
Mar 22, 2014NV00Yes
Jan 9, 2013NV01Yes
Oct 5, 2011NV00Yes
Jan 11, 2011CA01Yes