Carrier profile · USDOT 907104 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kauffman Bus Service Inc

0 power unitsavg 8.5 yrLocal · 1 statesMECHANICSBURG, PA94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 — 7 vehicle and 7 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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

14%
Unsafe Driving
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
2%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 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 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20231001
20221001
20211001
20182022
20162002
20151011
20142002
20132002
20121001
20111011
20101001
20081010
20072011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 12, 2025PA02Yes
Jan 9, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 6, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 26, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 29, 2018PA01Yes
May 29, 2018PA01Yes
Aug 29, 2016PA00Yes
Aug 29, 2016PA00Yes
Apr 20, 2015PA01Yes
Apr 28, 2014PA00Yes
Jan 17, 2014PA00Yes
Nov 22, 2013PA00Yes
Mar 18, 2013PA00Yes
Aug 27, 2012PA00Yes
Mar 14, 2011PA01Yes
May 25, 2010PA00Yes
Apr 24, 2008PA01No
May 9, 2007PA01No
Feb 27, 2007PA00Yes