COWIN EQUIPMENT COMPANY INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 155
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 52
- Annualized
- ≈26 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving12
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/15/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 31 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/16/2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/17/2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/18/2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/13/2025 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 04/08/2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/06/2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/18/2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/24/2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/30/2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/04/2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/13/2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| 03/17/2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/25/2020 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/15/2017 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 11/14/2017 | AL | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| 03/21/2017 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 12/07/2016 | AL | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| 06/10/2016 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/04/2015 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/18/2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 04/12/2014 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/18/2013 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/18/2013 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/12/2011 | LA | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| 03/27/2006 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |