Carrier profile · USDOT 230841 · MC-178731 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

CAVALIER COACHES INC

0 power unitsavg 13.6 yrRegional · 3 statesOWATONNA, MN100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-178731 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 11.5%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 — 26 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 8.0 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 13

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

34%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

official FMCSA

Driver Fitness

0violations

official FMCSA

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

14%

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

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.

393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 14 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	1	0	0
2022	1	0	1	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	1	0
2014	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2009	3	0	1	3
2005	2	0	1	2
2002	2	0	0	2
1993	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 25, 2024	KY	1	0	No
Nov 1, 2022	WI	0	1	Yes
Sep 15, 2016	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 27, 2015	MO	0	1	No
Nov 3, 2014	WI	0	0	Yes
Mar 2, 2013	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2009	MN	0	0	Yes
Sep 22, 2009	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 9, 2009	WI	0	1	Yes
Dec 24, 2005	MN	0	0	Yes
May 10, 2005	MN	0	1	Yes
Sep 20, 2002	MN	0	0	Yes
Feb 26, 2002	MN	0	0	Yes
Jul 17, 1993	MN	0	0	Yes