Carrier profile · USDOT 1771456 · MC-646780 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ACADEMY BUS LLC

0 power unitsavg 8.9 yrMulti-region · 12 statesFORT LAUDERDALE, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-646780 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 366 vehicle and 170 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

381 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 50

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.11measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 22, 2025. 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
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 84 total · 11 in 24 mo

84
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
20257136
202411078
20236145
20225043
20219139
20203013
20195024
201810038
20175035
20168137
20153013
20144024
20133113
20121011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 26, 2026NJ00Yes
Jan 25, 2026FL01No
Jan 15, 2026NJ00Yes
Jan 4, 2026FL01Yes
Oct 8, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 5, 2025FL01Yes
Sep 20, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 15, 2025FL01No
Jun 8, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 25, 2025GA12Yes
Jan 15, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 31, 2024FL01Yes
Jul 29, 2024FL01Yes
Jul 27, 2024GA01No
Jun 27, 2024GA01Yes
Jun 14, 2024FL01No
May 19, 2024KY00Yes
May 9, 2024FL00Yes
Apr 12, 2024FL01No
Mar 21, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 21, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 10, 2024FL01Yes
Nov 29, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 27, 2023FL01No
Jul 28, 2023GA02Yes