KOBUSSEN BUSES LTD
(920) 766-0606
JOE.KOBUSSEN@KOBUSSEN.COM
2000 Taylor St, Little Chute WI 54140
888
power units · all owned
746 drivers
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Marginal
Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 31 of the 888 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed.
FRED Score 37.6 / 100
Prior-only confidence
40 yrs history · 34 roadside inspections
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Fleet & equipment
- Power units
- 888
- Drivers · CDL
- 746 · 746
- Annual miles
- 10M unreliable
| Type | Own | Term | Trip | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trucks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tractors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trailers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Registration
- Organization
- CORPORATION
- FMCSA Rating
- Satisfactory (08-27-2026)
- Registered
- 07-14-1986 (40 yrs)
- MCS-150 Update
- 05-01-2026 (Address Change)
- FRED Score Date
- Nov 08, 2026
- Officer
- DAN KOBUSSEN
- Officer
- JOSEPH KOBUSSEN
Cargo
Cargo risk score
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Track record
FMCSA record, Feb 2025 – Aug 2026
Crashes
12
1 fatality · 9 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
34
97% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
5.3%
1 of 19
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 23
Violations
6
1 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter
With an out-of-service order
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What they get cited for
6 violations · 24 months-
Vehicle maintenance No alert6 · 1 OOSCargo securement 1 · Lights 1 · Other parts 4
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Unsafe driving No alert0
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Hours of service No alert0
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Driver fitness No alert0
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Drugs & alcohol No alert0
Out-of-service violations
“No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold
Violations by quarter
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Crashes
24 months-
Mar242026WisconsinProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Jan282026WisconsinProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Dec302025WisconsinInjury · 3 people hurtSnow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
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Nov252025WisconsinInjury · 1 person hurtWet road, dark - lighted.
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Sep52025WisconsinProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Sep42025WisconsinProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
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Feb112025WisconsinInjury · 4 people hurtDaylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
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Feb62025WisconsinProperty damage onlyDaylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.
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Jan92025WisconsinFatal · 1 deathDaylight, two-way trafficway not divided.
4 more in the FMCSA records below.
1 of the 12 crashes was fatal.
3 of the 12 crashes hurt someone but killed no one.
Insurance filed with FMCSA
FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA sinceToday · live FMCSA check
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- Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
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primary $1,000,000 + excess $3,000,000 + excess $1,000,000 (total $5,000,000) · ASCOT INSURANCE COMPANYon record since Jan 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Oct 1993
- Cargo filing
- not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
- 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY → ASCOT INSURANCE COMPANY (Jan 2026)
- No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority events and every filing
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Inspections by state
- Wisconsin (HQ) 24
- Federal inspectors 7
- District of Columbia 2
- South Dakota 1
71% of inspections were in its home state.
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FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA records
BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.
FMCSA BASIC Scores
AB PassengerTotal Inspections
34
Driver Insp
23
Driver OOS
0
Vehicle Insp
19
Vehicle OOS
1
| BASIC | Insp w/ Viol | Measure | Percentile | Alert |
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| Unsafe Driving | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| HOS Compliance | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| Driver Fitness | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| Controlled Substances | 0 | 0.00 | - | |
| Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | 0.83 | - |
SMS record data is sourced from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (06-OCT-25 – 30-JUL-25) and may cover a different time window than the scoring window used for the FRED grade (Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026). Counts here may differ from the grade's in-window counts.