Roadside Inspection 81143877

Roadside inspection on Mar 13, 2024 in California • Carrier: SMART ALTERNATIVE FUELS INC (USDOT 2494278) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L1

Units Inspected

Total Violations

OOS Violations

Inspection Level

Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:: 81143877
Date:: Mar 13, 2024
State:: California
Level:: Level I — North American Standard
Type:: —
Units inspected:: 1
Violations:: 0
HazMat:: No
Inspection site:: DUNSMUIR GRADE IF
Carrier (USDOT):: SMART ALTERNATIVE FUELS INC (2494278)
Vehicle:: FORD F-550 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:: EP07981 (CA)
VIN:: 1FDUF5HT8CEC39875

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 1 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

Cleaner than carrier average

Carrier averages 1.80 violations per inspection across 10 prior records

vs Level 1 median in California

On par with median (0)

Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024

vs typical at DUNSMUIR GRADE IF

On par with station median (0)

Median of 12,759 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 fewer than the median (1)

Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024

OOS at this inspection

Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%

Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024

Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)

50%

10 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 violations · 1 OOS

Prior 90 days

4 violations · 2 OOS · 0.80 per inspection

Prior 365 days

18 violations · 4 OOS · 1.80 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (4 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.80 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq	Type	VIN	Plate	Make	Model	Year	OOS
1	STRAIGHT TRUCK	1FDUF5HT8CEC39875	CA EP07981	FORD	F-550	2012	—

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
81347594	Apr 10, 2024	WA	L1	LIBERTY LAKE WA	1	—
80841393	Feb 12, 2024	CA	L1	COTTONWOOD IF	1	OOS
80759184	Feb 1, 2024	CA	L3	CHICO	1	—

Related records

Carrier

SMART ALTERNATIVE FUELS INC

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Safety

Carrier crash history

Reportable crashes filed under this USDOT.

Station

DUNSMUIR GRADE IF

All inspections at this site.

State

Inspections in California

Statewide inspection records.

Level

Level I — North American Standard

All inspections at this CVSA level.

Vehicle

VIN 1FDUF5HT8CEC39875

All inspections and records for this VIN.

Plate

EP07981 (CA)

All inspections tied to this plate.

Reference

FMCSR Violations

Violation-code reference library.

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