Roadside Inspection 80414988

Roadside inspection on Dec 17, 2023 in Minnesota • Carrier: LORENZ BUS SERVICE INC (USDOT 212866) • Vehicle: VAN HOOL MOTOR COACH

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80414988
Date:
Dec 17, 2023
State:
Minnesota
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BLAINE
Vehicle:
VAN HOOL Commuter Coach MOTOR COACH
Ticket make:
Vnhl
Plate:
2246PRA (MN)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 1.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2023, this is a typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.81 violations per inspection across 21 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Minnesota
1
Cleaner than median (2)
Median of 8,358 Level 1 inspections in Minnesota during 2023
vs typical at BLAINE
1
Cleaner than station median (2)
Median of 263 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 536,564 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2023
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 24.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2023
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
57%
21 inspections in the trailing 12 months
Computed from this carrier's inspection history

Carrier trend at this moment

How active was this carrier's inspection record around this date?

Prior 30 days
4
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
12
3 violations · 0 OOS · 0.25 per inspection
Prior 365 days
21
17 violations · 5 OOS · 0.81 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (3 violations across 12 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.81 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 MOTOR COACH YE2XC81B2J3049601 MN 2246PRA VAN HOOL
Ticket: Vnhl
Commuter Coach 2018

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.62(e) No or inadequate bus emergency exit marking 1 Vehicle Maintenance

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
80744576 Jan 31, 2024 MN L1 BLAINE 1
80744575 Jan 31, 2024 MN L1 BLAINE 2 OOS
80380385 Dec 13, 2023 MN L3 BLAINE 0
80369229 Dec 12, 2023 MN L3 MINNEAPOLIS 1
80276951 Nov 30, 2023 MN L5 BLAINE 0
80240154 Nov 27, 2023 MN L3 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84388646 Apr 7, 2025 MN L5 YE2XC81B2J3049601
83459882 Dec 16, 2024 MN L1 YE2XC81B2J3049601
82649480 Sep 6, 2024 MN L5 YE2XC81B2J3049601
78672333 May 18, 2023 US L1 YE2XC81B2J3049601
78282099 Apr 6, 2023 US L1 YE2XC81B2J3049601

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