Roadside Inspection 81098241

Roadside inspection on Mar 7, 2024 in California • Carrier: SALINAS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (USDOT 2603218) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BUS

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81098241
Date:
Mar 7, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SALINAS AREA
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL 3000IC SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
1170542 (CA)

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 3.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2024, this is a slightly above 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 0.73 violations per inspection across 55 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 67,312 Level 5 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at SALINAS AREA
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 153 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
1
1 more than 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)
56%
55 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
9
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
15
3 violations · 0 OOS · 0.20 per inspection
Prior 365 days
55
40 violations · 4 OOS · 0.73 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (3 violations across 15 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.73 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 4DRBRABM94B958757 CA 1170542 INTERNATIONAL 3000IC 2004

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 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
81500543 Apr 30, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 1 OOS
81500542 Apr 30, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 0
81500541 Apr 30, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 0
81487855 Apr 18, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 0
81487706 Apr 18, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 1
81487705 Apr 18, 2024 CA L5 SALINAS AREA 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86481754 Nov 25, 2025 CA L5 4DRBRABM94B958757
84248851 Mar 18, 2025 CA L5 4DRBRABM94B958757
83312094 Nov 22, 2024 CA L5 4DRBRABM94B958757
81379867 Apr 9, 2024 CA L5 4DRBRABM94B958757

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