Carrier profile · USDOT 38186 · MC-3600 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Frank Martz Coach Company

0 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 5 statesWILKES BARRE, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-3600 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmartzbus.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 0.7%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 — 155 vehicle and 110 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
8%
Hours-of-Service
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.09measure
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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.15 Automatic on-board recording deviceHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.5 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 93 total · 1 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
59
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242022
20231011
20221010
20201001
20193023
20184022
20172011
20161011
20152021
20142002
20133023
20124024
20114114
20101010
20093022
20081001
20074024
20065014
20055033
20041010
20034123
20023032
20017046
20002022
19995152
19983021
19972012
19966253
19952020
19944023
19935041
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 12, 2024MD01Yes
Mar 18, 2024NJ01Yes
Jun 9, 2023DC02Yes
Jan 15, 2022PA01No
Feb 14, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 25, 2019NJ00Yes
Aug 24, 2019PA01Yes
Jan 18, 2019NJ03Yes
Dec 24, 2018PA00Yes
Aug 23, 2018NJ01No
May 31, 2018NJ00Yes
Mar 27, 2018DC01No
Sep 6, 2017NJ00Yes
Mar 31, 2017NY01No
Apr 1, 2016NY04Yes
Oct 30, 2015PA01No
Jul 10, 2015PA01Yes
Jul 3, 2014PA00Yes
Feb 18, 2014PA00Yes
May 8, 2013PA00Yes
May 4, 2013PA01Yes
Apr 16, 2013PA01Yes
Dec 12, 2012NJ01Yes
Sep 13, 2012PA00Yes
Jul 20, 2012NJ00Yes