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NELSONS BUS SERVICE INC

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Company CheckNELSONS BUS SERVICE INC · DOT 248415

W8608 WILLIS RAY ROAD, WHITEWATER, WI, 53190

DOT# 248415 MC# 169606 Whitewater, Wisconsin 42 years

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80

Power Units

99

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

1

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameNELSONS BUS SERVICE INC

DOT Number248415

MC Number169606

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationWhitewater, Wisconsin

Added07/06/1984

MCS-15003/19/2025

Contact Details

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Physical AddressW8608 WILLIS RAY ROAD, WHITEWATER, WI, 53190

Mailing AddressW8608 WILLIS RAY ROAD, WHITEWATER, WI, 53190

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY;PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC169606

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating42 years

All Docket Numbers

MC169606

Cargo Transported

PassengersDelivery Of Buses

Operation Classification

Authorized For HirePrivate (Property)Private (Pass. Business) 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 Mileage869,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

99

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

99

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 OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/18/2006

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/03/2026

CompanyNATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA

Policy #GPNU-EP-0033076

Last checked07/23/2026

Active Policies1

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet80 units

Drivers99

Mileage869,000 mi

Operating42 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 10/18/2006 | Rated: 10/19/2006

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

2024

1 · 0 OOS -

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

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 Aug 2024, 1 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 (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
01/15/2024	WHITEWATER	WI	0	0	1	2	Clear	Ice	Daylight

Inspection Records (1)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/15/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections1

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Excess	ACCEPTANCE INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO	UL99501022	$4,000,000	12/09/2001	01/01/2002	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	CA970510	$1,000,000	04/01/1995	04/01/1995	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	GENERAL STAR INDEMNITY COMPANY	IXG-331228	$4,000,000	04/01/1995	02/10/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCEPTANCE INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 970510	$1,000,000	04/01/1995	01/24/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	XS2060310	$4,000,000	04/01/1994	04/01/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACCEPTANCE INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO	CA965628	$1,000,000	04/01/1994	04/07/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	ACCEPTANCE INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO	UL99501022	$4,000,000	03/21/2001	12/09/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WEST BEND MUTUAL INSURANCE CO.	0110086975	$1,000,000	03/12/2001	11/06/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	HARLEYSVILLE LAKE STATES INSURANCE COMPANY	CMB00000087726A	$4,000,000	02/05/2014	01/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARLEYSVILLE LAKE STATES INSURANCE COMPANY	BA00000041427B	$1,000,000	02/05/2014	01/01/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	HARLEYSVILLE WORCESTER INSURANCE COMPANY	CMB00000087726A	$4,000,000	01/01/2019	01/01/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	HARLEYSVILLE WORCESTER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA00000041427B	$1,000,000	01/01/2019	01/01/2024	Cancelled
35	BIPD	ACCEPTANCE INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO	UL99501022	$4,000,000	01/01/2002	-	Cancelled

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
35	BIPD	ACCEPTANCE INDEMNITY INSURANCE CO	UL99501022	$4,000,000	01/01/2002

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC169606	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	11/17/1983	REVOKED	05/02/1996
MC169606	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/24/2001	REVOKED	03/21/2002
MC169606	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/01/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/20/1995
MC169606	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/01/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/25/1994
MC169606	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/11/2014	REVOKED	01/08/2024
MC169606	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/24/2025	-	-

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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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

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.