KOBUSSEN BUSES LTD
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 10
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 2
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 31
- Annualized
- ≈16 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈7.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 392.62 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.79 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.84 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver 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 38 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 216 total · 13 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 30, 2025 | WI | 0 | 3 | No |
| Nov 25, 2025 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 5, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2025 | WI | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2025 | WI | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 9, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2024 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 2, 2023 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2023 | WI | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |