WERNER BUS LINES INC
WERNER BUS LINES INC (USDOT 113689) in PHOENIXVILLE, PA — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $5,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- 1 prior insurance lapse(s) on record, most recent began 2018-01-03 — the carrier let required coverage lapse before.
- Current BIPD policy (INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY) was filed 25 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-12-22) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 28 times, most recent 2025-12-22 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2024-03-22 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $5,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 18
- Total drivers
- 36
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 0 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 11.1%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 28 times last 2025-12-22
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-08-20
- Insurance lapse history
- 1 lapse(s) most recent 2018-01-03
- Last compliance review
- 2024-03-22 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
Record spans 2023-05-30 → 2026-04-27.
Crash history (last 24 months)
No crashes recorded in the last 24 months.
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
16 | 0 | 2026-04-09 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 1 | 2024-05-17 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 0 | 2023-07-16 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
1 | 0 | 2024-03-11 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-03-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any missing not on the rearmost vehicle. | — |
| 2024-10-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Seats not secured/loose or equipped with improper aisle seats | — |
| 2024-10-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | OOS |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Motor Coach or other Passenger Carrying vehicle operating with seating occupied or not not secured in a workmanlike mann | — |
| 2024-05-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper exhaust - Bus (Powered by other than Gasoline) | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 11 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2025-03-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LTNRV | — | — |
2024-10-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 91-BU | — | — |
2024-10-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-BAAL | — | — |
2024-09-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
2024-05-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(a) | — | — |
2024-05-17 8 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 83(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53(b) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 91 | — | — |
2024-03-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2023-11-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 28 | — | — |
2023-11-02 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
2023-07-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 71(h) | — | — |
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