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Roadside Inspection 85484227

Roadside inspection on Aug 6, 2025 in California • Carrier: SANTA CLARA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (USDOT 2809263) • Vehicle: BLUE BIRD SCHOOL BUS

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L5
Units Inspected
1
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 5

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85484227
Date:
Aug 6, 2025
State:
California
Type:
—
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
SAN JOSE
Vehicle:
BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
1419017 (CA)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 1.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a more severe than 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
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.07 violations per inspection across 87 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
1
Heavier than median (0)
Median of 64,641 Level 5 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at SAN JOSE
1
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 364 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 88,272 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 4.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
84%
31 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
25
5 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
25
5 violations · 1 OOS · 0.20 per inspection
Prior 365 days
31
6 violations · 1 OOS · 0.19 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.9× their typical violation rate (5 violations across 25 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.07 per inspection).

Honest opinion

An out-of-service order is one of the most consequential outcomes a roadside inspection can produce — the most heavily-weighted OOS citation here was 393.62-BEMEO (Buses - Marked emergency exit is obstructed (includes obstruction of the markings, release mechanism, and/or the opening of the emergency exit., severity weight 1). (393.62-BEMEO)

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 1BABNBCA5FF306623 CA 1419017 BLUE BIRD All American / All Canada 2015 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.62-BEMEO Buses - Marked emergency exit is obstructed (includes obstruction of the markings, release mechanism, and/or the opening of the emergency exit. 1 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

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
85675021 Aug 26, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 0 —
85461768 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 2 —
85461767 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 0 —
85461766 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 1 —
85461765 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 0 —
85461729 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 SANTA CLARA 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88575213 Jul 29, 2026 CA L5 1BABNBCA5FF306623 —
86901199 Jan 22, 2026 CA L5 1BABNBCA5FF306623 —
85461768 Jul 30, 2025 CA L5 1BABNBCA5FF306623 —
82097674 Jul 9, 2024 CA L5 1BABNBCA5FF306623 —
79550979 Jun 27, 2023 CA L5 1BABNBCA5FF306623 —

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