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OTTERTAIL COACHES LLC

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Company CheckOTTERTAIL COACHES LLC · DOT 1085500

1116 N TOWER ROAD, FERGUS FALLS, MN, 56538

DOT# 1085500 Fergus Falls, Minnesota

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54

Power Units

66

Drivers

1

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

10

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Sep 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Oct 14, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 14, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 14, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 14, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 11, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Company Information

Legal NameOTTERTAIL COACHES LLC

DOT Number1085500

Entity TypeMotor Carrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationFergus Falls, Minnesota

Added01/07/2003

MCS-15005/08/2026

Contact Details

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Physical Address1116 N TOWER ROAD, FERGUS FALLS, MN, 56538

Mailing AddressPO BOX 402, FERGUS FALLS, MN, 56538

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeEXEMPT FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationC - Intrastate (Non-Hazmat)

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operation Classification

Exempt For Hire Passenger Carrier

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage447,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

66

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

66

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/16/2026

Last checked09/20/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet54 units

Drivers66

Mileage447,000 mi

MCS-15005/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total10

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

0 · 0 OOS =

2025

10 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

0 crashes ▼

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Oct 2025, 10 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
10/11/2024	FERGUS FALLS	MN	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
11/27/2023	FERGUS FALLS	MN	0	0	1	2	Clear	Water	Daylight

Inspection Records (12)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FERGUS FALLS MN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/26/2023	MN	Full (Level I)	FERGUS FALLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	MN	Full (Level I)	FERGUS FALLS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections10

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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97/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 97

97

Starts at 100−3 totalFinal 97

Operating history unknown−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA N/A

Not required for private carriers, a non-hazmat private carrier hauling its own goods is generally not required to file proof of insurance with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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