Carrier profile · USDOT 273447 · MC-186732 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Yellowbird Bus Co Inc

0 power unitsavg 6.3 yrLocal · 1 statesPHILADELPHIA, PA76/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-186732 INACTIVERATED 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 16.7%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 — 6 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 17.9 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
12%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 29 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 112 total · 4 in 24 mo

112
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
88
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252021
20242002
20231011
20222011
20204042
20193031
20184033
20173013
20161010
20153013
20145052
20139065
20125024
20114031
201011092
20098072
20088081
20075033
20063031
20052020
20041010
20034040
20011011
20004042
19992012
19972021
19965042
19953032
19941001
19931001
19923031
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2025PA01No
Jan 16, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 11, 2024PA00Yes
Aug 30, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 24, 2023PA02Yes
Dec 4, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 12, 2022PA02No
Feb 28, 2020PA01Yes
Jan 30, 2020PA01No
Jan 13, 2020PA01No
Jan 8, 2020PA01Yes
Oct 3, 2019PA01No
Jul 9, 2019PA01No
Mar 8, 2019PA01Yes
Sep 21, 2018PA00Yes
Aug 2, 2018PA010No
Jun 20, 2018PA01Yes
Feb 14, 2018PA02Yes
Oct 6, 2017PA01Yes
Sep 6, 2017PA00Yes
Mar 17, 2017PA00Yes
May 25, 2016PA01No
Oct 12, 2015PA00Yes
May 26, 2015PA00Yes
May 21, 2015PA010Yes