BOWEN TRANSPORTATION INC

DOT# 1748348 MC# 640079 DUNS# 967029757 Reno, NV Authorized For-Hire
(775) 355-0930 tawna@bowenonline.com 507 Casazza Dr Suite D, Reno NV 89502
32 power units · all owned 21 drivers 1M mi/yr · ~33k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
18 yrs history · 11 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
32
Drivers · CDL
21 · 8
Annual miles
1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 16 0 0 16
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
03-13-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-02-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHAD BOWEN
Officer
TAWNA BOWEN

Cargo

63.5
medium risk
Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Machinery/Large Objects Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages US Mail Dry Bulk Paper Products Construction
High-Risk Cargo
Machinery Large, General Freight, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.65× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Held one band lower (interim): the filed fleet isn't corroborated roadside — see Exposure Unverified below

The downside is never capped.

Exposure Unverified

The expected crashes behind this grade assume the filed fleet of 32 power units is real, but the roadside record corroborates little of it — 6 units seen in 24 months, 0.17 inspections per filed unit-year. The grade's relativity to class is unchanged; its confidence tier is cut to reflect the unverified exposure, and until the fleet is confirmed an Excellent grade shows as Strong and a Strong as Satisfactory. Verify the fleet size before relying on the crash expectation.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.65×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.5 vs 0.7 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.5
Similar fleets
0.7
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.7 a year. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.67× and violations 0.72× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -6%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Filed fleet not seen on the road
    Only 6 of the 32 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months (11 inspections in all). The crash expectation behind the grade assumes all 32 are running. Its grade is held one band lower until the fleet is confirmed.
    Ask: how many trucks are actually operating, with the vehicle schedule (the MCS-150 was last updated Oct 2026).
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – May 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
11
64% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
28.6%
2 of 7
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 11
National avg 6.7%
Violations
9
2 out-of-service

Inspected less often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Nevada (about 37 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q2 '26
vs 10,544 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.029
Inspections 0.52 1.11
Violations 0.14 0.77
Critical violations 0.02 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

9 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    7 · 2 OOS
    Brakes 4 · Other parts 3
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    Medical certificate 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Jun 30, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since May 2008
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY → Great West Casualty Co (Jun 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer; 1 took effect (the last Jun 30, 2024, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Dec 8, 2010)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • California 5
  • Nevada (HQ) 5
  • Arizona 1