AVALON MOTOR COACHES LLC
USDOT 3271206MC-Docket MC1032746SAN ANTONIO, TX
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AVALON MOTOR COACHES LLC (USDOT 3271206) in SAN ANTONIO, TX — 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.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 27 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2025-10-17) — 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.
- 3 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2025-10-17 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2023-04-18 (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
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.12
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 0.64
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
0
Fatalities
2
Injuries
3
Crashes
131
Inspections
2
OOS inspections
2
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $5,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 196
- Total drivers
- 177
- Years in business
- 7
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 3 of 3 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 0%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 1.6%
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
- 4 times last 2025-10-17
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-02-05
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2023-04-18 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
160
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
71
Violations
8
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-11 → 2026-05-12.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-01-14
TX
1 injured
2025-04-08
TX
1 injured
2025-03-14
GA
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
28 | 5 | 2026-01-13 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
16 | 0 | 2026-04-28 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
5 | 0 | 2026-03-08 |
General safety regulations 390
|
2 | 0 | 2025-04-15 |
Hours of service 395
|
2 | 0 | 2025-08-27 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Improper lane change | — |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2026-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2026-01-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-01-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-01-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2025-11-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake system | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2025-08-27 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failing to maintain ELD instruction sheet | — |
| 2025-07-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2025-06-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-04-24 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or inadequate bus emergency exit marking | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brakes (general) Explain: | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to maintain supply of blank drivers records of duty status graph-grids | — |
| 2025-02-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or inadequate bus emergency exit marking | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - A power unit requiring fuses - missing a spare fuse for a required part or accessory (e.g. lamps r | — |
| 2025-02-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Buses - Required emergency exit not properly marked. (does convey message) | — |
| 2025-01-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Low pressure warning device missing/inoperative | OOS |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV other than truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1998 not equipped with an antilock brake syste | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Clearance lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-01-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Oil and/or grease leak | — |
| 2024-12-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2024-06-23 | Unsafe Driving | Driver- Inattentive or Distracted Driving | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-28 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2026-03-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLILC | — | — |
2026-01-15 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2026-01-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2026-01-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2026-01-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2025-11-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-08-27 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C2 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 22H2 | — | — |
2025-07-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
2025-06-17 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-06-03 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-06-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-04-24 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LCL | — | — |
2025-04-15 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-04-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1B | — | — |
2025-02-28 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62E | — | — |
| General safety regulations 390 | 21(a) | — | — |
2025-02-06 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LIL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62-BEND | — | — |
2024-12-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
2024-06-23 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-02-01 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
2024-01-03 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3(a)(1) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | OOS | — |
2024-01-03 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5(b) | — | — |
2024-01-03 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
2024-01-03 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 62(e) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2024-01-03 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 51 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45 | OOS | — |
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