Carrier profile · USDOT 245036 · MC-172499 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

T a Nelson Bus Lines Inc

0 power unitsavg 8.5 yrLocal · 1 statesCONNELLSVILLE, PA82/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-172499 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL

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 — 15 vehicle and 14 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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

Driver Fitness

0violations

official FMCSA

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 19 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 30 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	1	0
2012	2	0	1	1
2011	2	0	1	2
2010	3	0	2	2
2008	1	0	1	0
2007	3	1	2	1
2006	1	0	1	0
2005	1	1	1	0
2004	2	0	1	1
2003	2	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	1
1998	3	0	1	3
1997	2	0	1	2
1996	1	0	1	1
1994	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 25, 2021	PA	0	0	Yes
Mar 4, 2019	PA	0	1	Yes
Feb 12, 2015	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 29, 2013	PA	0	1	No
Aug 22, 2012	PA	0	0	Yes
Feb 13, 2012	PA	0	1	No
Oct 18, 2011	PA	0	0	Yes
Sep 28, 2011	PA	0	1	Yes
May 29, 2010	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 21, 2010	PA	0	1	Yes
Jan 14, 2010	PA	0	1	No
Dec 11, 2008	PA	0	1	No
Aug 14, 2007	NJ	0	0	Yes
May 3, 2007	PA	0	36	No
Feb 20, 2007	PA	1	4	No
Feb 28, 2006	PA	0	2	No
Aug 4, 2005	PA	2	3	No
May 25, 2004	PA	0	1	No
Mar 26, 2004	NC	0	0	Yes
Oct 4, 2003	PA	0	0	Yes
Jan 27, 2003	PA	0	2	No
Apr 10, 2000	PA	0	1	Yes
Mar 24, 1999	PA	0	2	Yes
Dec 15, 1998	PA	0	1	Yes
Nov 2, 1998	PA	0	0	Yes