Carrier profile · USDOT 213176 · MC-291534 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dakota Bus Service Inc

DBA DAKOTA TRAILWAYS AND OR GRACE COACH LINES

0 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 3 statesSPEARFISH, SD100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-291534 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 0.0%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 — 20 vehicle and 20 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.61 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jul 12, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 23 total · 0 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231111
20222112
20211001
20194004
20182002
20141001
20131010
20121001
20112002
20103003
20091001
20071011
20002020
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2023WY11Yes
May 3, 2022NM11Yes
Apr 30, 2022CO00Yes
Sep 21, 2021SD00Yes
Sep 23, 2019SD00Yes
Jun 11, 2019CO00Yes
Mar 18, 2019SD00Yes
Jan 24, 2019CO00Yes
Aug 8, 2018ND00Yes
May 2, 2018CO00Yes
Feb 12, 2014WY00Yes
Jun 29, 2013WY01No
Feb 10, 2012SD00Yes
Oct 27, 2011WY00Yes
Jun 5, 2011UT00Yes
Jun 5, 2010SD00Yes
Mar 23, 2010SD00Yes
Feb 18, 2010SD00Yes
May 3, 2009SD00Yes
May 8, 2007WY01Yes
Jun 15, 2000ND02No
May 7, 2000CO02No
Jul 2, 1991KS01Yes