Carrier profile · USDOT 605105 · MC-523322 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cowans Trucking LLC

13 power unitsavg 10 yrRegional · 3 statesMEMPHIS, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-523322 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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 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▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 16.7 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 4

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
12.81measure
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20231001
20222012
20171001
20141001
20121110
20091001
20081011
20061001
20051011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 9, 2025TN01Yes
Jul 11, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 31, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 18, 2022TN01Yes
Jan 6, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2017TN00Yes
Nov 13, 2014TN00Yes
Dec 4, 2012TN11No
Mar 26, 2009TN00Yes
Aug 23, 2008TN01Yes
Feb 18, 2006AR00Yes
Aug 20, 2005TN02Yes