Carrier profile · USDOT 540382 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Rowley Brothers Inc

DBA ROWLEYS WHOLESALE

45 power unitsavg 4.2 yrRegional · 3 statesBAY CITY, MI94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksrowleys.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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.0 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 8

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 45-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
14%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther5 · 3 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.201 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.19 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241011
20221001
20213013
20202012
20171001
20152002
20141010
20123003
20081001
20062002
20052012
20031001
20001011
19991010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 25, 2025MI02Yes
May 10, 2024MI02Yes
Feb 15, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 27, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 10, 2021MI00Yes
Oct 25, 2021OH01Yes
Sep 11, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 17, 2020MI03Yes
Jan 9, 2017OH00Yes
Dec 6, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 26, 2015MI00Yes
Aug 11, 2014MI01No
Oct 1, 2012MI00Yes
Jul 19, 2012MI00Yes
Mar 27, 2012MI00Yes
Dec 12, 2008MI00Yes
Nov 8, 2006MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2006MI00Yes
Feb 25, 2005MI01Yes
Feb 15, 2005MI00Yes
Oct 13, 2003MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2000MI01Yes
Nov 30, 1999MI01No