Carrier profile · USDOT 181153 · MC-208809 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Heartland Motor Coach Inc

DBA HEARTLAND TRAILWAYS

0 power unitsLocal · 1 statesKANSAS CITY, KS88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-208809 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 12.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. One window of data — no trend yet. 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 8

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

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

10%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 8 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2024	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	2	1	2	1
2015	3	0	3	1
2013	2	0	2	2
2012	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	1	0
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	3	0	1	2
2000	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 2, 2026	MO	0	0	Yes
Jul 19, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
May 21, 2019	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 21, 2017	MO	0	1	No
Jul 3, 2017	AZ	1	1	Yes
Sep 28, 2015	IN	0	3	Yes
Mar 15, 2015	TX	0	1	No
Mar 15, 2015	TX	0	1	No
Nov 9, 2013	MO	0	7	Yes
Jun 25, 2013	MO	0	5	Yes
Aug 10, 2012	MO	0	0	Yes
Jul 24, 2010	IA	0	0	Yes
Aug 26, 2009	MO	0	1	No
Jun 8, 2008	MO	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2007	MO	0	1	Yes
Oct 5, 2003	MO	0	1	Yes
Oct 23, 2002	MO	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2002	KY	0	1	No
Mar 8, 2002	MO	0	0	Yes
Jun 1, 2000	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 30, 1995	IL	0	0	Yes