Carrier profile · USDOT 251223 · MC-174052 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mcilwain Charters Inc

DBA MCILWAIN CHARTERS & TOURS-LODESTAR TOURS-LODESTAR BUS LINES

0 power unitsavg 6 yrLocal · 2 statesJOHNSTOWN, PA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-174052 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 2.3%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 — 43 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 4.4 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 9

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
official FMCSA
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
3%
Vehicle Maintenance
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 87 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20211010
20193003
20182021
20171001
20131011
20111001
20101011
20051001
20032021
20012011
20002012
19991001
19982002
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 10, 2021PA01No
Oct 5, 2019NY00Yes
Apr 25, 2019MD00Yes
Jan 13, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 1, 2018DC02Yes
Jul 10, 2018PA01No
Sep 22, 2017PA00Yes
Aug 15, 2013PA01Yes
Jun 6, 2011PA00Yes
Aug 10, 2010PA019Yes
Mar 11, 2005PA00Yes
Nov 24, 2003PA04Yes
Apr 24, 2003PA01No
Dec 14, 2001PA00Yes
Feb 23, 2001PA01No
Dec 21, 2000PA01Yes
Sep 25, 2000PA00Yes
May 3, 1999PA00Yes
Mar 10, 1998PA00Yes
Feb 5, 1998PA00Yes
Dec 8, 1997PA00Yes