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USDOT 2918561 · NORTHSTAR BUS LINES LLC

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NORTHSTAR BUS LINES LLC

DBA AMERICAN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

USDOT 2918561 MC 983865 Maple Grove, MN Authorized For-Hire

205 power units 225 drivers mileage unreliable

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Not graded

Passenger operation — outside the model for motor carriers of property

Checked Nov 8, 2026

Why it isn't graded

Not graded: passenger operation. The FRED Score is a model for motor carriers of property; a passenger model is a separate study.

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jun 2026: 14 crashes (0 fatal, 7 injury) · 36 inspections · vehicle out-of-service 21.1% (national avg 22.3%)

Fleet, registration and cargo

Fleet and equipment

Power units: 205
Drivers · CDL: 225 · 192
Annual miles: 2.8M unreliable

Type	Own	Term	Trip	Total
Trucks	0	0	0	0
Tractors	0	0	0	0
Trailers	0	0	0	0

Registration

Operation: Interstate
Authority type: Authorized For-Hire
FMCSA rating: Satisfactory (Jan 31, 2023)3 yrs old
Registered: Aug 11, 2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 update: Jan 20, 2026
Officers: NICK MARTINI · MATTHEW REGAN
Phone: (763) 425-2542
Email: nick@northstarbuslines.com
Address: 11800 95Th Ave N, Maple Grove MN 55369

Cargo

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Roadside and crash record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jun 2026

Crashes

0 fatal (0 deaths) · 7 injury · 9 people hurt in all

Inspections

97% clean (no violations)

Vehicle out-of-service

21.1%

4 of 19 vehicle inspections

Driver out-of-service

0.0%

0 of 28 driver inspections

Violations

0 out-of-service violations

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order

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Violations

1 on the FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jun 2026

Driver fitness No alert

1 · 0 out-of-service

No valid CDL 1
Unsafe driving No alert

0
Hours of service No alert

0
Vehicle maintenance No alert

0
Drugs & alcohol No alert

0

Out-of-service share of each category. “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold.

Violations by quarter

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Crashes

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Jun 2026 · crash reports through Sep 15, 2026

Jun

3

2026

Jun 3, 2026 · Minnesota
Property damage only
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
May

12

2026

May 12, 2026 · Minnesota
Injury · 1 person hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Apr

23

2026

Apr 23, 2026 · Minnesota
Injury · 1 person hurt
Dawn, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Jan

22

2026

Jan 22, 2026 · Minnesota
Injury · 1 person hurt
Snow road, daylight, blowing sand soil dirt or snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Jan

7

2026

Jan 7, 2026 · Minnesota
Injury · 1 person hurt
Ice road, dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Dec

18

2025

Dec 18, 2025 · Minnesota
Property damage only
Wet road, daylight, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Sep

9

2025

Sep 9, 2025 · Minnesota
Injury · 2 people hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Sep

2

2025

Sep 2, 2025 · Minnesota
Injury · 2 people hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
Dec

17

2024

Dec 17, 2024 · Minnesota
Injury · 1 person hurt
Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

6 more on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since

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On FMCSA's filing record

Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026): $5,000,000 · PIONEER SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Jan 13, 2020 · FMCSA minimum $5,000,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2017
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

One liability insurer throughout
No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

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FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it operates

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Map: inspections and crashes from FMCSA's weekly files over 24 months.

Inspections by state

Minnesota (HQ) 36

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).

FMCSA records

BASIC measures and every inspection, violation and crash, sortable and filterable.

BASIC	Inspections with violations	Measure	Alert
Driver fitness	1	0.45	No alert
Unsafe driving	0	0.00	No alert
Hours of service	0	0.00	No alert
Vehicle maintenance	0	0.00	No alert
Drugs & alcohol	0	0.00	No alert

28 driver inspections · 19 vehicle inspections

These records come from FMCSA's Safety Measurement System, Oct 2024 – Jun 2026.

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