Carrier profile · USDOT 285149 · MC-181415 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Vip Tour & Charter Bus Company

DBA VIP CHARTER COACHES

0 power unitsavg 10.4 yrLocal · 1 statesPORTLAND, ME86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-181415 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 70.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS —24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 0 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.7% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
47%
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.

  • 393.93 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20191001
20183023
20161011
20121011
20092011
20041011
20033023
19961011
19921010
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 16, 2019NY00Yes
Dec 2, 2018MA00Yes
Sep 19, 2018ME01Yes
Aug 22, 2018ME01Yes
Oct 14, 2016ME02Yes
Aug 22, 2012MA01Yes
Jul 26, 2009ME02No
Jun 10, 2009NH00Yes
Nov 13, 2004ME06Yes
Dec 15, 2003ME01Yes
May 16, 2003ME00Yes
Feb 11, 2003ME01Yes
Oct 1, 1996MA01Yes
Feb 6, 1992ME01No
Oct 5, 1990ME01Yes