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Company CheckCAVALIER COACHES INC · DOT 230841

1145 PARK DRIVE, OWATONNA, MN, 55060

DOT# 230841 MC# 178731 Owatonna, Minnesota

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Jan 5, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jan 5, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 14, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Nov 6, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 17, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1145 PARK DRIVE, OWATONNA, MN, 55060

Mailing Address1145 PARK DRIVE, OWATONNA, MN, 55060

Other Companies at This Address

Address1145 PARK DRIVE, OWATONNA, MN 55060

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Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
CAVALIER COACHES INC this company	230841	Sign in	Active
OWATONNA BUS CO INC	1711596	Sign in	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

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC178731

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

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 1.61 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 1.48 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage408,000 miles

Mileage Year2025

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS10.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review04/16/2025

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/31/2014

CompanyLANCER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BA155515

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet36 units

Drivers48

Mileage408,000 mi

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total11

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total28

Out of Service3

OOS Rate10.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 04/16/2025 | Rated: 04/16/2025

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

5 · 0 OOS -

2024

14 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

23 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

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 Jan 2026, 28 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (10.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
04/25/2024	COVINGTON	KY	1	0	0	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

9 roadside violations across 28 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (43)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
01/05/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ALBERT LEA MN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/14/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	BLAINE MN	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	MO	Terminal (Level V)	BRANSON MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 20 WB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	PELLA TULIP TIME	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	PELLA CHRISTIAN HIGH PELLA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2025	IA	Full (Level I)	PELLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL PELLA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2024	MN	Terminal (Level V)	ALBERT LEA MN	3	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/28/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	FARM PROGRESS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FARM PROGRESS SHOW	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	FARM PROGRESS ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	ROCHESTER MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	OWATONNA MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/09/2023	MO	Terminal (Level V)	BRANSON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2023	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2023	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/28/2023	IA	Terminal (Level V)	15TH ST SW MASON CITY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/21/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINNEAPOLIS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections30

Unsafe Driving 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA155515	$5,000,000	12/15/2003	07/23/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA155515	$5,000,000	07/23/2004	07/31/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 12 59 96	$5,000,000	07/23/1993	12/15/2003	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC178731	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/07/1987	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/23/1988
MC178731	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/23/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/06/1991
MC178731	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/02/1985	-	-
MC178731	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/29/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/08/2021

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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

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.

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.

CAVALIER COACHES INC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (43)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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