Roadside Inspection 80641171

Roadside inspection on Jan 9, 2024 in California • Carrier: DELANO UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT (USDOT 2658345) • Vehicle: BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L5
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
80641171
Date:
Jan 9, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DELANO
Vehicle:
BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
1358438 (CA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 7.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2024, this is a more severe than typical result.

Severity context

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

vs this carrier's typical
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.56 violations per inspection across 18 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
2
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 67,312 Level 5 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at DELANO
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 104 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 5 median
2
2 more than the median (0)
Compared to 90,935 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.4%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
56%
18 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
18
10 violations · 0 OOS · 0.56 per inspection
Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.45 (Brake tubing and hose adequacy, severity weight 4). (393.45)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 1BABGBAA3BF282359 CA 1358438 BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada 2011

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.45 Brake tubing and hose adequacy 4 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.5(b) Oil and/or grease leak 3 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
80641265 Jan 9, 2024 CA L5 DELANO 0
80641170 Jan 9, 2024 CA L5 DELANO 0
80641169 Jan 9, 2024 CA L5 DELANO 0
80641168 Jan 9, 2024 CA L5 DELANO 1
80641068 Jan 9, 2024 CA L5 DELANO 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
85056372 Jun 10, 2025 CA L5 1BABGBAA3BF282359
84687511 May 5, 2025 CA L5 1BABGBAA3BF282359
81847646 Jun 4, 2024 CA L5 1BABGBAA3BF282359
78884794 Jun 6, 2023 CA L5 1BABGBAA3BF282359

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