Roadside Inspection 84493256

Roadside inspection on Apr 22, 2025 in California • Carrier: PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (USDOT 2810535) • Vehicle: FORD SCHOOL BUS

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L5

Units Inspected

Total Violations

OOS Violations

Inspection Level

Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:: 84493256
Date:: Apr 22, 2025
State:: California
Level:: Level V — Vehicle Only
Type:: —
Units inspected:: 1
Violations:: 0
HazMat:: No
Inspection site:: PALO ALTO
Carrier (USDOT):: PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (2810535)
Vehicle:: FORD E-350 SCHOOL BUS
Ticket make:: Coll
Plate:: 1517330 (CA)
VIN:: 1FDEE3FS7HDC22181

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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

On par with carrier average

Carrier averages 0.07 violations per inspection across 76 prior records

vs Level 5 median in California

On par with median (0)

Median of 64,641 Level 5 inspections in California during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 5 median

Same as the median (0)

Compared to 88,272 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2025

OOS at this inspection

Cohort OOS rate: 4.0%

Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2025

Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)

97%

32 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 · 0 OOS

Prior 90 days

1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.13 per inspection

Prior 365 days

1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.03 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	SCHOOL BUS	1FDEE3FS7HDC22181	CA 1517330	FORD Ticket: Coll	E-350	2017	—

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	OOS
84938643	May 28, 2025	CA	L5	SAN JOSE	—
84547028	Apr 30, 2025	CA	L5	PALO ALTO	—
84493327	Apr 22, 2025	CA	L5	PALO ALTO	—
84493326	Apr 22, 2025	CA	L5	PALO ALTO	—
84493325	Apr 22, 2025	CA	L5	PALO ALTO	—
84493258	Apr 22, 2025	CA	L5	PALO ALTO	—

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection	Date	State	Level	VIN	OOS
81817300	Jun 4, 2024	CA	L5	1FDEE3FS7HDC22181	—
81275561	Apr 2, 2024	CA	L5	1FDEE3FS7HDC22181	—

Related records

Carrier

PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

Full carrier record and safety profile.

Station

PALO ALTO

All inspections at this site.

State

Inspections in California

Statewide inspection records.

Level

Level V — Vehicle Only

All inspections at this CVSA level.

Vehicle

VIN 1FDEE3FS7HDC22181

All inspections and records for this VIN.

Plate

1517330 (CA)

All inspections tied to this plate.

Reference

FMCSR Violations

Violation-code reference library.

Recent activity at PALO ALTO

Other carriers inspected here recently.

Inspection	Date	Carrier	Violations	OOS
87069725	Feb 9, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	2	—
87069724	Feb 9, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	0	—
87069723	Feb 9, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	0	—
86868467	Jan 15, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	0	—
86868466	Jan 15, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	0	—
86868349	Jan 15, 2026	SILICON VALLEY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL	0	—