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Roadside Inspection 81019155

Roadside inspection on Feb 27, 2024 in California • Carrier: SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3345145) • Vehicle: BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L5
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81019155
Date:
Feb 27, 2024
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ARLETA
Vehicle:
BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
9KCK040 (CA)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2024, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

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

vs this carrier's typical
0
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.13 violations per inspection across 15 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 67,312 Level 5 inspections in California during 2024

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 5 median
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 90,935 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 4.4%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
40%
15 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
1
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
2 violations · 0 OOS · 0.40 per inspection
Prior 365 days
15
17 violations · 0 OOS · 1.13 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.13 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 1BABNBMAX9F255834 CA 9KCK040 BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada 2009 —
No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
81019154 Feb 27, 2024 CA L5 ARLETA 0 —
81019153 Feb 27, 2024 CA L5 ARLETA 1 —
80898460 Feb 8, 2024 CA L5 ARLETA 0 —
80581951 Jan 3, 2024 CA L5 VAN NUYS 0 —
80581950 Jan 3, 2024 CA L5 VAN NUYS 1 —
80581949 Jan 3, 2024 CA L5 VAN NUYS 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87335128 Mar 17, 2026 CA L5 1BABNBMAX9F255834 —
84081297 Feb 25, 2025 CA L5 1BABNBMAX9F255834 —

Related records

Recent activity at ARLETA

Other carriers inspected here recently.

Inspection Date Carrier Violations OOS
85444937 Aug 5, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 1 —
85444936 Aug 5, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 0 —
85444682 Aug 5, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 0 —
85444681 Aug 5, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 1 —
85444680 Aug 5, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 0 —
85052913 Jun 25, 2025 SCHOOL ZONE TRANSPORTATION INC 0 —