Cowling Trucking Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4
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
- 9
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 25
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 31 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2023 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2019 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2019 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2017 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2017 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2015 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2014 | AR | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2014 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2014 | TX | 0 | 2 | No |
| Mar 28, 2012 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2011 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2009 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2009 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2008 | LA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2007 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2007 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2006 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2004 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2004 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2003 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2003 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |