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1235 EAST HANTHORN ROAD, LIMA, OH, 45804

DOT# 348600 MC# 218124 Lima, Ohio 36 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Contact Details

Phone(419) 222-2245

Fax(419) 222-3817

Email[email protected]

Physical Address1235 EAST HANTHORN ROAD, LIMA, OH, 45804

Mailing Address1235 EAST HANTHORN ROAD, LIMA, OH, 45804

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC218124

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating36 years

Company Overview

BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Lima, Ohio. The company has been in operation for 36 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/29/1989. The fleet consists of 16 power units and 33 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 414,882 miles (2024). With zero crashes across 48 inspections, BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE INC maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $5,000,000 is on file through LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE INC has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Passenger Carrier

Mileage

Annual Mileage414,882 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceActual

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

Last Review03/26/2024

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective10/05/2018

CompanyLANCER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BA169170

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers33

Mileage414,882 mi

Operating36 years

MCS-15008/2024

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

Total47

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/26/2024 | Rated: 03/27/2024

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

18 · 0 OOS —

2024

27 · 0 OOS =

2025

30 · 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 Sep 2025 — 46 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 (75)

Date	State	Level	Location	HazMat
09/02/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/27/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/27/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/27/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
06/16/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
03/13/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/19/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/19/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/19/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/19/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
02/18/2025	OH	Terminal (Level V)	LIMA OH	-
11/13/2024	MO	Terminal (Level V)	BRANSON MO	-
08/29/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
08/29/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER TERMINAL	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/24/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
05/10/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CEDAR POINT	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE / TERMINAL	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
03/25/2024	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE INC	-
12/08/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
12/08/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
12/08/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
12/08/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
12/08/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
08/15/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	VAN WERT SCALES	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	BUCKEYE CHARTER SERVICE	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-
06/21/2023	OH	Terminal (Level V)	TERMINAL/ BUCKEYE CHARTER	-

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA169170	$5,000,000	11/13/2014	10/05/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB0015411	$5,000,000	11/13/2012	11/13/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RLI INSURANCE COMPANY	LFB0015411	$5,000,000	11/13/2012	12/06/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA162373	$5,000,000	11/13/2008	11/13/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAD 0606553-02	$5,000,000	11/13/2003	11/13/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	EXD 0606553-00	$5,000,000	11/13/2003	12/30/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CRCCAF347434	$5,000,000	11/13/2001	11/13/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CRCCAF347434	$5,000,000	11/13/2001	12/12/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA 130 523	$5,000,000	01/13/1997	11/13/2001	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PINNACLE INSURANCE COMPANY	COHT 520146	$5,000,000	01/13/1996	01/13/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA12 55 19	$5,000,000	01/13/1993	01/13/1996	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/10/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/12/2014
MC218124	MOTOR PASSENGER CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/29/1989	-	-
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/20/2023
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/1990	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/31/1990
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/14/1991	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/05/1991
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/1992	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/04/1992
MC218124	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/03/1993	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/28/1993

No revocation records.

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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) knockout	−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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Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Inspection Records (75)

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