CSA
Authorized · PassengerUSDOT 1611378· MC595830· CARRIER
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Legal: LE GROUPE BELL-HORIZON INC

400 RUE DESSUREAULT, TROIS-RIVIERES, QC, G8T 2L9(819) 378-9290reg@bell-horizon.comMICHAEL BELLEMARE
Vetting snapshot
Authority
Active
operating authority
Insurance
$5M BIPD
Northbridge General Insurance Corporation
Vehicle OOS
7.5%
below 22% national avg
Driver OOS
0%
below 6.7% national avg
Crashes 24mo
0
clean
Red flags
1 flag
see details below
80
/ 100

Risk factors

Low riskVioCodes score
Possible reincarnation pattern — tied to an older inactive carrier

A weighted read of the public FMCSA signals below — authority, insurance, out-of-service, crashes, roadside OOS rates, and carrier connections. A starting point for vetting, not a guarantee.

Authority & insurance

MC595830

Operating authority and insurance on file — from FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I).

Common
Active
Contract
None
Broker
None
Authorized for: Passenger
Liability (BIPD)
$5M on file
$5M required
Cargo
Not on file
not required
Bond / surety
Not on file
not required
Insurance filings
ON FILELiability (BIPD) — BMC-91X$5M coverageeff 01/07/2023
Northbridge General Insurance Corporation· policy P04154540
Authority history (3) ▾
07/08/2019COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATIONDISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/22/2019)
10/17/2008COMMONINVOLUNTARY REVOCATIONDISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/24/2008)
03/22/2007MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIERGRANTED
Insurance history5 insurers on record
Filing timeline (9)
  1. NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION$5MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 07/30/201901/07/2023
  2. NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY$5MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/25/201408/04/2019
  3. NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY$5MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 02/25/201407/30/2019
  4. NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION$5MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 07/30/201907/30/2019
  5. ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY$5MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 08/01/201907/30/2019
  6. NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY$8MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 10/23/200802/25/2014
  7. TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE$2MCancelled
    BIPD/Primary · eff 03/09/200711/13/2008
  8. TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE$2MReplaced
    BIPD/Primary · eff 03/09/200710/23/2008
  9. LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY$3MReplaced
    BIPD/Excess · eff 08/11/200610/23/2008

Source: FMCSA Licensing & Insurance (L&I), public data. This shows the carrier’s federal insurance filings (BMC-91X liability, BMC-34 cargo) — the federally-required minimums on file for operating authority — not the carrier’s full commercial policy (its actual auto combined-single-limit, general liability, cargo, or workers’ comp, which appear on the carrier’s ACORD certificate of insurance). Always confirm current coverage with a COI from the carrier’s agent before making a vetting decision.

Roadside inspection performance

Out-of-service rate vs national average. Lower is better.

Vehicle40 inspections · 7.5% OOS · National 22%
Driver121 inspections · 0% OOS · National 6.7%

CSA performance breakdown

FMCSA · Sep 2026

121 inspections · 7 violations (0 OOS) · 0% of inspections had an OOS finding.

121
Inspections
7
Violations
0
OOS violations
3
Distinct codes

Violations by BASIC

click to filter codes

7
total

Most inspected in · top 2 states

  • NY24
  • NJ6

Latest FMCSA SMS snapshot. Codes link to the lookup — severity weighting, contest angles, and the DataQs Drafter for each. Click a BASIC to filter the codes.

Recommendations

What’s driving each score, what to do about it, and where it could go.

A high share of violations are occurring in Clinton County, NY

Medium impact

10 of 10 violations in the last 12 months (100%) came from inspections in Clinton County, NY. That can mean tougher enforcement there or simply more of your miles run through it — either way it's worth a look.

What to do
  • Review the inspections from Clinton County, NY to spot recurring issues
  • Brief drivers running that lane; consider rerouting around the toughest enforcement corridors where practical

Unsafe Driving needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Unsafe Driving percentile of 0% is under the 50% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Log / ELD device violations are the leading contributor to Hours-of-Service Compliance

Low impact

Estimated Hours-of-Service Compliance percentile of 8% is under the 50% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing12 violations (24 mo)
Log / ELD device11 viol88%
  • 395.30B1-ELDDFRHOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.11× · 88%
False log / RODS1 viol12%
  • 395.22H4-ELDBRODSHOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status a1× · 12%
What to do
  • Make sure the ELD is registered, working, and drivers know how to log in and certify daily
Projected estimatecould improve up to 5 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 50% line

Controlled Substances/Alcohol needs attention

Low impact

Estimated Controlled Substances/Alcohol percentile of 0% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What to do
  • Review recent inspections with violations in this BASIC and take remedial action with drivers/equipment

Brakes violations are the leading contributor to Vehicle Maintenance

Low impact

Estimated Vehicle Maintenance percentile of 6% is under the 65% line. In decent shape, but here's what's driving it.

What’s contributing11 violations · 4 OOS (24 mo)
Brakes4 OOS7 viol77%
  • 393.45B2-BHTDAir Brake - Hose/tubing damage into the outer reinforcement ply.1× · 20%
  • 393.47A-BRCBrake - Rotor (disc) with a crack in length of more than 75% of the friction surface or thru the rotor2× · 20%
  • 393.45B2-B-AIRAir Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured1× · 13%
Lighting / lamps1 viol10%
  • 393.9A-LILLighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative1× · 10%
Other2 viol10%
  • 396.5B-LLubrication - Oil or grease leak2× · 10%
Emergency equipment1 viol3%
  • 393.95A4-EEUSEmergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured1× · 3%
What to do
  • Check brake adjustment and listen for air leaks every pre-trip; put brakes on the PM schedule
  • Fix air-loss and warning-light faults before dispatch — don’t “drive it in”
  • Prioritize the out-of-service items — they carry the heaviest weight
Projected estimatecould improve up to 4 pts in ~12 mo
nowin 12 months
Current trend 50% followed 100% followed 65% line

Recommendations are generated from the carrier’s public FMCSA roadside-inspection record. Percentiles and projections are VioCodes estimates, not official FMCSA figures. Informational, not legal advice.

90-day safety improvement plan

What this carrier has struggled with most in the last 90 days — where to focus now.

Trending worse
13
Inspections
5
Violations
0
Out-of-service
10
Clean
Where the violations are
Hours-of-Service Compliance 80%Vehicle Maintenance 20%
Focus here first
1Hours-of-Service Compliance
4 violations · 80% of recent
  • 395.30B1-ELDDFR×3HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information.
  • 395.22H4-ELDBRODSHOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids sufficient to record the driver's duty status a
Do this
  • Log in and annotate the ELD correctly every day; fix edits promptly
  • Plan trips around available hours — never falsify a log
2Vehicle Maintenance
1 violation · 20% of recent
  • 393.9A-LILLighting - Identification lamp(s) inoperative
Do this
  • Walk the lights every pre-trip and carry spare bulbs/fuses
  • Clean lenses and check the trailer plug for corrosion
Repeat offenders (same code, multiple times)
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Based on roadside inspections in the last 90 days, ranked by what recurs most. Informational, not legal advice.

Inspection & crash map

live · FMCSA MCMIS

Every inspection and crash on record — hover a point for the summary, click for full detail (codes, severity, CSA points).

192
Inspections
32
Violations
7
Out-of-service
85
CSA points
6
Crashes
9
States
cleanviolOOS

CSA points = violation severity weight × FMCSA time weight (3× in the last 6 months, 2× at 6–12, 1× at 12–24). Points are spread within each state — FMCSA records the inspection state, not an exact location. Source: FMCSA MCMIS.

Equipment

VINs via NHTSA

30 distinct vehicles seen in this carrier’s roadside inspections.

30 bus
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 9×
2PCH33496RC721501· AE52222 QC
2019 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 5×
2PCH33493KC710218· A82526 QC
2025 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 4×
2P9H33494SC001321· AE47075 PQ
2017 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 3×
2PCH33492HC713670· AE49203 PQ
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 3×
2PCH33494RC721500· AE52334 QC
2015 PREVOST H3 Coachseen 3×
2PCH33494FC712856· A80411 QC
2012 PREVOST H3 Coachseen 3×
2PCH33497CC711907· A39051 QC
2013 PREVOST H3 Coachseen 2×
2PCH33496DC712175· A39050 QC
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 2×
2PCH33496RC721904· AE53929 QC
2012 PREVOST H3 Coachseen 2×
2PCH33494CC711962· AE47662 QC
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 2×
2PCH33492RC721916· AE51692 QC
2017 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 2×
2PCH33490HC713795· A82612 QC
2015 MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES J4500seen 2×
2MG3JMBA8FW067104· AE47500 QC
2017 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coachseen 2×
2PCH33491HC713630· AE52866 QC
2010 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH33492AC711584· AE53966 QC
2012 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH33490CC711960· AE49701 QC
2013 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH33491DC712164· AE50376 PQ
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33494RC721903· AE53965 QC
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33498RC721497· AE52335 QC
2024 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH3349XRC721498· AE52160 QC
2017 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33492HC713782· A82656 QC
2011 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH3349XBC711804· AE46509 QC
2017 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33498HC713463· AE47626 QC
2019 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33495KC710219· A85495 QC
2026 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2P9H33499TC001106· AE37361 QC
2019 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2PCH33497KV720623· AE49202 QC
2020 MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES J4500
2MG3JMNA5LW069805· AE53135 QC
2010 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH33491AC711494· AE50000 QC
2026 PREVOST H3 Passenger Coach
2P9H33494TC001157· AE37362 QC
2016 PREVOST H3 Coach
2PCH33491GC713111· A82153 QC

Equipment is inferred from VINs recorded on roadside inspections (FMCSA MCMIS), decoded via the NHTSA vPIC API — it reflects vehicles inspected, not a current fleet roster.

Company profile

FMCSA census

PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Power units
80
on file (MCS-150)
Drivers
117
117 hold a CDL
Annual mileage
0.4M mi
reported 2025
Recordable crash rate
per million miles
How far they run · drivers by operating lane
  • Interstate · 100+ mi117 drivers
Company officer
MICHAEL BELLEMARE
Operation
Interstate
Registered since
2007-02-26
Last MCS-150 update
2026-09-15
Census status
Active

Fleet: 0 trucks · 80 buses.

Source: FMCSA Company Census File (data.transportation.gov). Fleet and driver counts are self-reported on the carrier’s most recent MCS-150 filing.

Connections

carrier graph

This carrier shares VINs, addresses, phone numbers or officers with 4 other carriers — review the connections below as part of your vetting.

4
Connected carriers
1
Fleet-transfer links
1
Most shared VINs
2
Strong links
Possible reincarnation pattern: AUTOBUS BELL HORIZON INC (USDOT 261725, registered 1985) is inactive, shares this carrier’s officer, and predates it — worth checking whether this carrier re-registered to shed a prior record.
Strong· 2
1
AUTOBUS BELL HORIZON INC
USDOT 261725Inactive· TROIS RIVIERES, QC
Strong
OfficerPhone
2
DENVER WHOLESALE LIGHTING INC
USDOT 4287266Inactive· DENVER, CO
Strong
Officer
Medium· 1
AUTOBUS J G DEMERS INC
USDOT 1183726Inactive· TROIS RIVIERES, QC
Medium
MailingPhoneAddress

Shared VINs come from FMCSA roadside-inspection records — a vehicle inspected under more than one carrier, often a fleet transfer or trailer interchange. Other links come from the FMCSA census. Shared identifiers are common and often legitimate — treat these as leads to investigate, not proof of wrongdoing.

Activity history

15 events
  1. 09/15/2026MCS-150 update filed

    0.4M mi reported (2025)

  2. 01/07/2023Insurance filed — Northbridge General Insurance Corporation

    Liability (BIPD) — BMC-91X · policy P04154540

  3. 01/07/2023Insurance replaced — NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION

    BIPD/Primary · policy CBC 0754751

  4. 08/04/2019Insurance cancelled — NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 672-3077

  5. 07/30/2019Insurance replaced — NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 672-3077

  6. 07/30/2019Insurance replaced — NORTHBRIDGE GENERAL INSURANCE CORPORATION

    BIPD/Primary · policy CBC 2856368

  7. 07/30/2019Insurance replaced — ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 672-3077

  8. 07/08/2019COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (07/22/2019)

  9. 02/25/2014Insurance replaced — NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Primary · policy 349-2556

  10. 11/13/2008Insurance cancelled — TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE

    BIPD/Primary · policy N080201713623

  11. 10/23/2008Insurance replaced — TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE

    BIPD/Primary · policy N080201713623

  12. 10/23/2008Insurance replaced — LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY

    BIPD/Excess · policy 676-04-77

  13. 10/17/2008COMMON — INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION

    DISCONTINUED REVOCATION (10/24/2008)

  14. 03/22/2007MOTOR PASSENGER COMMON CARRIER — GRANTED
  15. 02/26/2007Registered with FMCSA

    PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Merged from FMCSA authority, insurance, out-of-service, and census records.

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Operations

Classification

  • PRIVATE PASSENGER, BUSINESS;PRIVATE PASSENGER, NON-BUSINESS;AUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Area served

  • Interstate

FMCSA safety rating

Rating
Satisfactory
Type
Compliance review
Rated
2023-04-04
Last review
2023-03-31
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MCS-150 registration

Form date
2026-09-15
Reported mileage
420,183 mi (2025)
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Changes on file

FMCSA census history
  1. May, 2022

    • Fleet grew to 59 power units
    • Drivers grew to 85
  2. December, 2021

    • Fleet grew to 45 power units
    • Drivers grew to 60
  3. January, 2021

    First on-record entry — LE GROUPE BELL-HORIZON INC, TROIS-RIVIERES, QC

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Data sourced from public FMCSA records via safer.fmcsa.dot.gov · Latest FMCSA update: Sep 2026 · Page refreshed: Sep 21, 2026, 11:51 AM. VioCodes is not affiliated with FMCSA. To dispute incorrect data, file a DataQs Request for Data Review.