Roadside Inspection 81356773

Roadside inspection on Apr 14, 2024 in California • Carrier: KAMS AUTOMOTIVE INC (USDOT 2697018) • Vehicle: FORD STRAIGHT TRUCK

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81356773
Date:
Apr 14, 2024
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DESERT HILLS IF
Vehicle:
FORD F-550 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Plate:
70139U3 (CA)

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
0
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.22 violations per inspection across 27 prior records
vs Level 1 median in California
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 198,681 Level 1 inspections in California during 2024
vs typical at DESERT HILLS IF
0
Cleaner than station median (1)
Median of 12,941 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
0
1 fewer than the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
78%
27 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
4
2 violations · 0 OOS · 0.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
27
6 violations · 2 OOS · 0.22 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.3× their typical violation rate (2 violations across 4 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.22 per inspection).

Honest opinion

A clean inspection here is a positive signal in the context of a recent stretch where this carrier's violation rate ran above its lifetime average.

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 1FDUF5GT9PDA01840 CA 70139U3 FORD F-550 2023
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
81707935 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM 0
81707934 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM 0
81707933 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM 0
81706835 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM SCALES 1
81706834 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM SCALES 1
81706833 May 22, 2024 CA L1 CARSON PLATFORM SCALES 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84672941 May 14, 2025 CA L1 1FDUF5GT9PDA01840
81690318 May 22, 2024 CA L1 1FDUF5GT9PDA01840

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