Carrier profile · USDOT 205055 · MC-159197 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Burlington Stage Lines Ltd

DBA BURLINGTON TRAILWAYS

2 power unitsavg 10.2 yrRegional · 3 statesWEST BURLINGTON, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-159197 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksburlingtontrailways.comFMCSA SAFER

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 0.0%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 — 40 vehicle and 3 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

42 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 21

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.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈10.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
42
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈10.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 36 total · 1 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20241001
20231001
20223012
20212022
20201001
20193023
20184014
20173012
20163023
20151111
20122012
20112022
20082012
20051011
19992002
19971011
19941001
19921011
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2025IA011No
Feb 20, 2024IA00Yes
Mar 30, 2023GA00Yes
Nov 20, 2022IL01No
May 11, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2022IA00Yes
Jun 14, 2021IA01Yes
Feb 5, 2021IA01Yes
Dec 13, 2020IA00Yes
May 5, 2019IA00Yes
Apr 27, 2019IA01Yes
Mar 31, 2019IL01Yes
Aug 31, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 8, 2018IL00Yes
Jun 20, 2018IA01Yes
May 19, 2018IA00Yes
Dec 4, 2017IA00Yes
Mar 24, 2017CO00Yes
Feb 24, 2017IL01No
Jul 22, 2016IL01Yes
Jul 4, 2016IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2016IN03Yes
Dec 28, 2015IL16Yes
Oct 3, 2012IA02Yes
Jan 20, 2012IA00Yes