Carrier profile · USDOT 1061395 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Apple Bus Company

0 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 3 statesCLEVELAND, MO73/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 1.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 226 vehicle and 98 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.3 pts 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

215 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 31

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
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.12measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 350 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 295 total · 17 in 24 mo

295
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
157
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264143
20258056
202413059
2023140411
2022240822
2021150811
202010068
20193802332
20182501518
2017201915
20162001512
20152201317
2014140712
20139057
2012130611
20115045
20107045
2009110311
200812078
20075024
20062021
20052002
20041010
20031010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026MO12Yes
Apr 23, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 22, 2026MO01No
Jan 20, 2026MO02Yes
Dec 15, 2025MO02Yes
Sep 10, 2025MO02No
Sep 5, 2025MO01No
Sep 2, 2025NE00Yes
Aug 22, 2025MO00Yes
May 22, 2025MO02Yes
Mar 13, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 10, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 10, 2024LA01No
Oct 8, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 8, 2024MO01No
Oct 7, 2024MO02No
Sep 10, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 5, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 3, 2024MO01Yes
May 29, 2024LA00Yes
Feb 22, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 13, 2024TX02No
Feb 2, 2024MO00Yes
Feb 2, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 30, 2024MO00Yes