Roadside Inspection 88677447

Roadside inspection on Aug 11, 2026 in California • Carrier: MICHAELS TRANSPORTATION SERVICE INC (USDOT 575313) • Vehicle: THOMAS BUILT SCHOOL BUS

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88677447
Date:
Aug 11, 2026
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
1
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
WATSONVILLE AREA
Vehicle:
THOMAS BUILT HDX SCHOOL BUS
Plate:
8AIC103 (CA)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 5 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.74 violations per inspection across 436 prior records
vs Level 5 median in California
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 26,123 Level 5 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at WATSONVILLE AREA
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 171 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
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 35,286 Level 5 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 3.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 5 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
73%
127 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
15
2 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
36
12 violations · 1 OOS · 0.33 per inspection
Prior 365 days
127
57 violations · 6 OOS · 0.45 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (12 violations across 36 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.74 per inspection).

Units Inspected

1 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 SCHOOL BUS 1T7Y84E26J1130926 CA 8AIC103 THOMAS BUILT HDX 2018
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
88801581 Aug 25, 2026 CA L5 I-80 E/B JEO CORDELIA SCALES 0
88801566 Aug 25, 2026 CA L5 I-80 E/B JEO CORDELIA SCALES 0
88801480 Aug 25, 2026 CA L5 I-80 E/B JEO CORDELIA SCALES 0
88677334 Aug 11, 2026 CA L5 WATSONVILLE AREA 2
88677333 Aug 11, 2026 CA L5 WATSONVILLE AREA 1
88677324 Aug 11, 2026 CA L5 WATSONVILLE AREA 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88304978 Jul 1, 2026 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926
85535149 Aug 13, 2025 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926
85115420 Jul 1, 2025 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926
82576973 Aug 20, 2024 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926
82154057 Jul 10, 2024 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926
79368933 Aug 7, 2023 CA L5 1T7Y84E26J1130926

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