Carrier profile · USDOT 917652 · MC-396918 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Cowan Transport Services LLC

77 power unitsavg 12.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesBALTIMORE, MD87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-396918 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscowansystems.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 28.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 20.9 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

74 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 77-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
77
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 9 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 28 total · 5 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254023
20241011
20232002
20223023
20215015
20204034
20192002
20141011
20134014
20091011
20021010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 5, 2025SC01No
Sep 19, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 16, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 10, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 15, 2024TN01Yes
Aug 30, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 3, 2023TN00Yes
Dec 28, 2022SC00Yes
Dec 15, 2022TN01Yes
Sep 19, 2022SC01Yes
Oct 11, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 5, 2021SC00Yes
Jul 1, 2021KY00Yes
May 20, 2021SC01Yes
May 10, 2021SC00Yes
Dec 1, 2020TN00Yes
Oct 13, 2020SC02Yes
Jun 9, 2020NC01Yes
Feb 17, 2020SC02Yes
Oct 22, 2019TN00Yes
May 13, 2019MD00Yes
Apr 8, 2014FL01Yes
Nov 25, 2013FL00Yes
Nov 21, 2013FL01Yes
Sep 8, 2013NC00Yes