BOWEN EXPRESS INC
USDOT 3186885MC-Docket MC132110RIVERSIDE, CA
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BOWEN EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3186885) in RIVERSIDE, CA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 2 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2025-10-11 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (TRAILBLAZERS INSURANCE COMPANY INC A RRG) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2026-04-02) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 1 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 9 times, most recent 2026-04-02 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 29.37
Hours of service
No alert
measure 7.29
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 16
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
16
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
16
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 1
- Total drivers
- 2
- Years in business
- 8
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 1 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 46.7%Above national
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 53.8%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 9 times last 2026-04-02
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-02-28
- Insurance lapse history
- 2 lapse(s) most recent 2025-10-11
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
20
Inspections
15
OOS inspections
146
Violations
23
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-08-06 → 2026-05-06.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-05-14
MS
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
41 | 8 | 2026-04-06 |
Hours of service 395
|
24 | 6 | 2026-04-06 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
14 | 0 | 2026-04-06 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
11 | 3 | 2025-11-25 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2025-07-03 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using or equipping a CMV with a radar detector | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame - Cracked/loose/sagging/broken frame or chassis | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 1/32 inch tread depth at 3 locations/2 adjacent tread grooves | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply. | OOS |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2026-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-11-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-11-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel - Dripping leak. | OOS |
| 2025-09-10 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to correct the violation(s)/defect(s) noted on the roadside inspection report | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2025-09-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have a record of duty status using the method prescribed | OOS |
| 2025-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-09-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without documentation of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor upper rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Co-driver produces a false record of duty status with an apparent attempt to conceal hours. Explain | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Failing to have in possession RODS for the previous seven consecutive days and available for inspection | OOS |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Form) - Paper Log/Logging Programs Form and Manner | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have an instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction repo | — |
| 2025-07-24 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to certify the record immediately after the final required entry has been made or corrected f | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 12 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-06 16 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSML | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A-FRCLS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 71A-D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2026-01-06 5 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBCBD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
2025-11-25 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 9D2-FTF | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLMF | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-09-05 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60E | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
2025-08-13 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78A-WS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-07-24 9 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8K2-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPCDOOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPCDOOS | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 30B2-ELDDFC24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3-ELDMF | — | — |
2025-07-03 7 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSL | OOS | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8E-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-B-AIR | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TC-MC | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2025-07-03 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1-ELDDFR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSURR | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22G-ELDMFV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-CSLRR | — | — |
2025-06-12 9 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1-BOS | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21TB2-DOT | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8A1-HOSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LLPL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B-B | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-05-06 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2-BHTD | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSOA | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2024-02-22 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-06 12 viols· 6 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55(d)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48(a) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(d) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(d) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8(a)(1) | OOS | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 15(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17(c) | — | — |
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