Carrier profile · USDOT 1552417 · MC-576591 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J Michael Cowan Trucking Inc

20 power unitsavg 14.1 yrLocal · 2 statesSELMA, AL68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-576591 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 13 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 20.1 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 20-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
13
Annualized
≈7 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
1.5measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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 Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 20 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 2 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20243003
20232112
20211001
20181001
20173013
20152002
20141001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 5, 2025AL01Yes
Nov 6, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 25, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 20, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 29, 2023AL12Yes
Feb 28, 2023AL00Yes
Jul 2, 2021AL00Yes
Sep 27, 2018AL00Yes
Dec 18, 2017AL00Yes
Dec 15, 2017AL00Yes
Aug 11, 2017AL01Yes
May 26, 2015AL00Yes
May 4, 2015AL00Yes
Dec 9, 2014AL00Yes
Oct 18, 2012AL00Yes