OWENS TRUCKMEN INC

DOT# 693159 MC# 321507 Edison, NJ Authorized For-Hire
(516) 612-8765 kenny@owenstruckmen.com 1 Gourmet Lane, Edison NJ 08817
50 tractors · all leased 50 drivers
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 37.7 / 100
Moderate confidence
29 yrs history · 33 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
50
Drivers · CDL
50 · 50
Annual miles
1.2M unreliable
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 50 0 50
Trailers 0 0 108 108

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
06-09-1997 (29 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
12-05-2025 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
KENNY OWENS

Cargo

61.2
medium risk
Intermodal Containers General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

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.

Mileage Unreliable

MCS-150 annual mileage appears too low for fleet size given observed activity. The per-100k-mile rate benchmarks on this page are excluded; the FRED grade does not use mileage (crash exposure is power-unit-years, violation exposure is inspection counts).

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 70% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.37×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.6 vs 1.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–4 crashes
This motor carrier
1.6
Similar fleets
1.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 3 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1.5 a year), all 3 with injuries; similar fleets have about 1.2 a year. The grade counts 5 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Violations 1.49× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +5%.

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.

  • Injury crashes
    3 crashes with 3 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 28 of 83 violations (34%). Light or brake defects led to 9 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Hazmat violations
    2 hazmat violations.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Unreliable reported mileage
    The motor carrier's self-reported annual mileage (MCS-150) looks implausible, so exposure- and mileage-based figures may be distorted.
  • Estimated mileage
    No usable mileage was reported, so exposure was estimated from similar motor carriers. Mileage-based metrics here are approximate.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
3
0 fatalities · 3 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
33
54% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
29.6%
8 of 27
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 33
National avg 6.7%
Violations
83
16 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 1 inspections, 0 out of service 1 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 4 inspections, 0 out of service 4 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 9 inspections, 3 out of service 9 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 3 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 5 inspections, 2 out of service 5 Q3 '26
vs 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.030 0.025
Inspections 0.47 0.91
Violations 0.83 0.53
Critical violations 0.11 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

83 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    74 · 16 OOS
    Lights 28 · Brakes 19 · Tires 7 · Cargo securement 3 · Wheels & hubs 2 · 15 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    5 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 2 · Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 1 · Over hours limit 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
  • Hazmat
    2 · 0 OOS
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
  • Mar
    24
    2026
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dusk, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    2
    2025
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Sep
    26
    2024
    New Jersey
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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$1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Feb 22, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $1,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC → NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA (Feb 2026)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 5 took effect (the last Feb 22, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 3

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Feb 19, 2026)

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
  • New Jersey (HQ) 23
  • Georgia 7
  • New York 1
  • Pennsylvania 1
  • South Carolina 1

70% of inspections were in its home state.