Carrier profile · USDOT 844074 · MC-1725289 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Kottkes' Bus Service Inc

0 power unitsLocal · 1 statesANDOVER, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1725289 ACTIVE
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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 — 17 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 46.6 pts 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 16

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

3%
Unsafe Driving
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
official FMCSA

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 Driving58 · 23 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 50 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 73 total · 3 in 24 mo

73
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253123
20243003
20234014
20223023
20203003
20186006
20175024
20166016
20154014
20143003
20134014
20123023
20111001
20101001
20093003
20085015
20073013
20063023
20053023
20032012
20025005
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 31, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 30, 2025MN15Yes
Jun 27, 2025MN01Yes
Apr 29, 2024MN00Yes
Feb 7, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 19, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 21, 2023MN00Yes
May 10, 2023MN02Yes
May 4, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 27, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 23, 2022MN01Yes
Jan 25, 2022MN00Yes
Jan 7, 2022MN01Yes
Nov 19, 2020MN00Yes
Mar 6, 2020MN00Yes
Jan 31, 2020MN00Yes
Dec 15, 2018MN00Yes
Sep 20, 2018MN00Yes
Sep 10, 2018MN00Yes
Jan 30, 2018MN00Yes
Jan 12, 2018MN00Yes
Jan 2, 2018MN00Yes
Dec 11, 2017MN00Yes
Sep 29, 2017MN00Yes
Sep 28, 2017MN01No