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Company CheckGOLD STAR COACHES & CHARTER INC · DOT 209922

720 SULLIVAN DRIVE, FOND DU LAC, WI, 54935

DOT# 209922 MC# 160140 Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin 43 years

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17

Power Units

12

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$5,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

0

Inspections

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Company Information

Legal NameGOLD STAR COACHES & CHARTER INC

DOT Number209922

MC Number160140

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationFond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Added03/17/1982

MCS-15002/26/2026

Contact Details

Phone(920) 922-2995

Fax(920) 922-1973

Email[email protected]

Physical Address720 SULLIVAN DRIVE, FOND DU LAC, WI, 54935

Mailing AddressPO BOX 2174, FOND DU LAC, WI, 54936

Other Companies at This Address

Address720 SULLIVAN DRIVE, FOND DU LAC, WI 54935

1

Others here

2

Distinct phones

2

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
GOLD STAR COACHES & CHARTER INC this company	209922	(920) 922-2995	Active
NICHOLS FIVE STAR CHARTERS LLC	2462910	(920) 929-8000	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

DocketMC160140

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating43 years

Company Overview

GOLD STAR COACHES & CHARTER INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. The company has been in operation for 43 years, registered with the FMCSA on 03/17/1982. The fleet consists of 17 power units and 12 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 250,701 miles (2023). The company has a clean safety record with zero reported crashes. 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 Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, GOLD STAR COACHES & CHARTER INC 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 Mileage250,701 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

12

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

12

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 Review09/18/2023

Insurance

Amount$5,000,000

Type91X

Effective12/11/2017

CompanyLANCER INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #BA172987

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers12

Mileage250,701 mi

Operating43 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 09/18/2023 | Rated: 09/18/2023

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

7 · 0 OOS —

2026

2 · 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 — 2 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 (9)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/27/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2026	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	US	Full (Level I)	FOND DU LACWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	US	Full (Level I)	FOND DU LACWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	US	Full (Level I)	FOND DU LACWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	US	Full (Level I)	FOND DU LACWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	US	Full (Level I)	FOND DU LACWI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE (CITY)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILWAUKEE (CITY)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAR 1606602-00	$5,000,000	12/11/2016	12/11/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	BA162882	$5,000,000	12/11/2009	12/11/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	96A2UB0000116-00	$3,000,000	12/11/2008	12/12/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION	92A2CA0000313-00	$2,000,000	12/11/2008	12/11/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CAD 0606602-02	$5,000,000	12/11/2003	12/11/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CRCCAF487565	$5,000,000	12/11/2002	12/11/2003	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	CRCCAF487565	$5,000,000	12/11/2002	01/04/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	CAP 3756028	$5,000,000	12/11/2001	01/04/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	CAP 3756028	$5,000,000	12/11/2001	12/11/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	SI3213024	$5,000,000	12/11/2000	05/26/2001	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	SIU3000490	$5,000,000	12/11/1999	12/11/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	(SIU300049-0)	$5,000,000	12/11/1999	12/11/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	NKA 2480 199	$5,000,000	12/11/1997	01/14/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	NKA 2480 199	$5,000,000	12/11/1996	12/11/1997	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Excess	LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY	878 7831	$4,000,000	12/11/1995	12/18/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TP203581	$1,000,000	12/11/1995	04/09/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5321347-1	$5,000,000	12/11/1994	03/17/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	SI3213024	$5,000,000	05/26/2001	12/11/2001	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TP203581	$1,000,000	04/09/1996	12/11/1996	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TP203581	$1,000,000	04/09/1996	04/09/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5321347-1	$5,000,000	03/17/1995	12/11/1996	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC160140	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/11/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/06/1995
MC160140	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/08/1982	REVOKED	04/03/2000
MC160140	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/08/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/01/2005
MC160140	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/12/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/20/2023
MC160140	MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	04/13/2000	-	-
MC160140	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/17/1995	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/06/1995

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.