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Company CheckNORTHSTAR BUS LINES LLC · DOT 2918561

DBA: AMERICAN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

11800 95TH AVE N, MAPLE GROVE, MN, 55369

DOT# 2918561 MC# 983865 Maple Grove, Minnesota 9 years

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205

Power Units

225

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Sep 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jun 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 14 violations (no OOS).
Jun 3, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 12, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 23, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Dec 29, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 23, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 23, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($5,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address11800 95TH AVE N, MAPLE GROVE, MN, 55369

Mailing Address11800 95TH AVE N, MAPLE GROVE, MN, 55369

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC983865

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating9 years

All Docket Numbers

MC983865

Cargo Transported

Passengers

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 .37 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 Mileage2,759,020 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

225

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

225

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)13

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS22.2% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review11/03/2022

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/01/2026

CompanyPIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CID 1150888

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet205 units

Drivers225

Mileage2,759,020 mi

Operating9 years

MCS-15001/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)13

Fatal0

Injury5

Tow-Away8

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total33

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total18

Out of Service4

OOS Rate22.2%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 11/03/2022 | Rated: 01/31/2023

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

17 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

28 · 4 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

2 crashes -

2024

7 crashes ▲

2025

5 crashes ▼

2026

5 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 Jun 2026, 36 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (11.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 6 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (19)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
06/03/2026	MAPLE GROVE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/12/2026	BROOKLYN PARK	MN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/23/2026	MAPLE GROVE	MN	1	1	2	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
01/22/2026	ROSEVILLE	MN	1	1	2	Freezing Rain	Ice	Daylight
01/07/2026	ROSEVILLE	MN	1	1	2	Clear	Water	Dusk
12/18/2025	NEW BRIGHTON	MN	0	1	2	Fog/Smog	Wet	Daylight
09/09/2025	ARDEN HILLS	MN	2	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
09/02/2025	CHAMPLIN	MN	2	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
04/17/2025	MAPLE GROVE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/11/2025	FRIDLEY	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
12/17/2024	ANDOVER	MN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/30/2024	ELK RIVER	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
10/25/2024	BROOKLYN CENTER	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
10/07/2024	ROSEVILLE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/06/2024	COON RAPIDS	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/01/2024	ROSEVILLE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/09/2024	BROOKLYN CENTER	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Ice	Daylight
11/30/2023	MAPLE GROVE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk
10/25/2023	MAPLE GROVE	MN	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dusk

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

75 roadside violations across 36 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

Unsafe Driving 74 violations · 39 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 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 (48)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/10/2026	MN	Full (Level I)	BROOKLYN CENTER MN	14	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/29/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	MN	Terminal (Level V)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	SAINT PAUL MN	9	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/29/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINNEAPOLIS MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/02/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	CHAMPLIN MN	6	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WHITE BEAR LAKE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2025	MN	Special (Level IV)	MAPLE GROVE MN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/09/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	SAINT PAUL MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/30/2025	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
12/17/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	ANDOVER MN	13	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHAMPLIN MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	ELK RIVER MN	7	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2024	MN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MINNEAPOLIS MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MINNEAPOLIS MN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/14/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAINT PAUL MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLOQUET MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLOQUET MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/22/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAINT PAUL MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPRING LAKE PARK MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/19/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPRING LAKE PARK MN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINNEAPOLIS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/12/2024	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAPLE GROVE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2024	MN	Full (Level I)	MAPLE GROVE	6	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
10/31/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MINNEAPOLIS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/25/2023	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	5995 49 HWY A62 SVW	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections36

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	51-030254-00	$1,000,000	01/13/2017	01/13/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Excess	AUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY	51-033201-00	$4,000,000	01/13/2017	01/13/2020	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC983865	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/28/2017	REVOKED	01/21/2020
MC983865	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/13/2020	-	-

No revocation records.

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94/100

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 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average−5

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 22.2222% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 13 crash(es) across 205 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 13 crash(es) across 205 vehicles (~0.06 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 22.2222% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

NORTHSTAR BUS LINES LLC

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (19)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (48)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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