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FRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC

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Company CheckFRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC · DOT 2304483

9550 FRANKLIN FARM RD, DELAPLANE, VA, 20144

DOT# 2304483 MC# 786741 Delaplane, Virginia 13 years

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3

Power Units

4

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameFRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC

DOT Number2304483

MC Number786741

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationDelaplane, Virginia

Added05/10/2012

MCS-15001/12/2026

Contact Details

Phone(540) 270-9347

Email[email protected]

Physical Address9550 FRANKLIN FARM RD, DELAPLANE, VA, 20144

Mailing Address9550 FRANKLIN FARM RD, DELAPLANE, VA, 20144

Other Companies at This Address

Address9550 FRANKLIN FARM RD, DELAPLANE, VA 20144

1

Others here

1

Distinct phones

2

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
BLUE RIDGE COACH LINES INC	313291	(540) 270-9347	Active
FRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC this company	2304483	(540) 270-9347	Active

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC786741

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating13 years

Company Overview

FRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Delaplane, Virginia. The company has been in operation for 13 years, registered with the FMCSA on 05/10/2012. The fleet consists of 3 power units and 4 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 24,000 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. Insurance coverage of $5,000,000 is on file through LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, FRANKLIN CHARTER BUS LLC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized 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 Mileage24,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

4

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

4

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

SmartWay PartnerNo

No safety rating or inspection data on file with FMCSA.

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective09/20/2025

CompanyLANCER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BA164681

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet3 units

Drivers4

Mileage24,000 mi

Operating13 years

MCS-15001/2026

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2026

3 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

No crashes on record.

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 May 2026, 3 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.

Inspection Records (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/07/2026	VA	Terminal (Level V)	DELAPLANE VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	VA	Terminal (Level V)	DELAPLANE VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	VA	Terminal (Level V)	DELAPLANE VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/20/2023	US	Terminal (Level V)	DELAPLANEVA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	12/25/2012	09/17/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	12/22/2015	03/23/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	12/19/2017	02/21/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	12/17/2014	09/22/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	11/22/2016	03/22/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	10/22/2014	12/17/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	10/22/2012	12/25/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	10/19/2019	09/20/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	09/22/2015	12/22/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	09/17/2013	02/26/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	08/20/2014	10/22/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	06/18/2012	10/22/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	05/20/2014	08/20/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	04/22/2014	05/20/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	03/23/2016	11/22/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	03/22/2017	12/19/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	02/26/2014	04/22/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA164681	$5,000,000	02/21/2018	10/19/2019	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/25/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/02/2015
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/22/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/05/2017
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/26/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/31/2016
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/25/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/30/2014
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/23/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/27/2019
MC786741	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/31/2012	-	-
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/26/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/31/2015
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/25/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/18/2025
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/21/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/23/2013
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/24/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/25/2014
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/23/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/14/2014
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/23/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/14/2017
MC786741	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/06/2018

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.