Carrier profile · USDOT 901883 · MC-564651 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bowens Bus Service Inc

6 power unitsLocal · 1 statesRHINELANDER, WI50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-564651 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 6-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
4.66measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 4 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 2 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251010
20221001
20211001
20191001
20181011
20172012
20161010
20151011
20121011
20101011
20031011
20001001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 19, 2026WI03Yes
Apr 24, 2025WI01No
Feb 23, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 29, 2021WI00Yes
Jun 25, 2019WI00Yes
Sep 25, 2018WI02Yes
Oct 10, 2017WI00Yes
Jan 30, 2017WI01Yes
Mar 16, 2016WI01No
Apr 22, 2015WI01Yes
Jul 31, 2012WI04Yes
Apr 15, 2010WI03Yes
Sep 4, 2003WI01Yes
Nov 17, 2000WI00Yes