Tom Bowman 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 Dec '24 · 3
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
- 37
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 26
- Annualized
- ≈13 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 383.95 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 48 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2026 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2023 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2022 | NY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2021 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 5, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 25, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |