Carrier profile · USDOT 590364 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CENTRAL MCGOWAN INC

40 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 6 statesST CLOUD, MN94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkscentralmcgowan.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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 86 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.4% · 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 3.3 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 7

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
86
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
6%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 1 OOS
  • 180.415 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20243013
20231011
20222002
20191001
20181001
20132002
20082012
20071010
20061011
20051001
20021011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 19, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 2, 2025MN00Yes
May 30, 2024MN00Yes
Apr 12, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024ND01Yes
Mar 14, 2023MN01Yes
Mar 11, 2022MN00Yes
Feb 21, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 20, 2019MN00Yes
Jan 22, 2018MN00Yes
Apr 26, 2013MN00Yes
Apr 11, 2013MN00Yes
Oct 29, 2008MN00Yes
Sep 3, 2008MN01Yes
Nov 28, 2007MN01No
May 11, 2006MN01Yes
May 23, 2005MN00Yes
Oct 23, 2002MN01Yes