Roadside Inspection 81060458

Roadside inspection on Mar 6, 2024 in Minnesota • Carrier: MARTYN EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1727609) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
8
OOS Violations
1
13% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81060458
Date:
Mar 6, 2024
State:
Minnesota
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
8
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
RED RIVER WEIGH STATION
Carrier (USDOT):
MARTYN EXPRESS INC (1727609)
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P849820 (IL)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 42.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2024, 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
8
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.65 violations per inspection across 34 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Minnesota
8
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 9,765 Level 1 inspections in Minnesota during 2024
vs typical at RED RIVER WEIGH STATION
8
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,193 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
8
7 more than the median (1)
Compared to 713,681 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 25.7%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
33%
33 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
5
8 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
9
18 violations · 1 OOS · 2.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
33
56 violations · 5 OOS · 1.70 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 393.75(a)(3) (Tire-flat and/or audible air leak, severity weight 8). (393.75(a)(3))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492 IL P849820 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2015
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2531CM358530 IL 449428ST UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2012

Violations Cited

8 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75(a)(3) Tire-flat and/or audible air leak 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.75(c) Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove 8 Vehicle Maintenance
393.75(c) Tire-other tread depth less than 2/32 of inch measured in a major tread groove 8 Vehicle Maintenance
395.3(a)(2) Driving beyond 11-hour driving limit 7 Hours of Service
393.47(e) Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.53(b) CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 3 Vehicle Maintenance
395.8(e)(1) Making, or permitting a driver to make, a false report regarding duty status Hours of Service

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
81322700 Apr 3, 2024 TX L2 IH-35 MM-59 NB LA SA 0
81265831 Apr 3, 2024 KY L2 LOUISVILLE 2
81163141 Mar 20, 2024 IA L3 1
81024146 Mar 5, 2024 MO L3 CHARLESTON MO 1
81065752 Mar 4, 2024 AZ L2 FLAGSTAFF AZ 3
81042961 Mar 4, 2024 CA L2 CAJON PLATFORM SCALES 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88531925 Jul 27, 2026 CA L1 1UYVS2531CM358530
88502795 Jul 23, 2026 NE L3 1UYVS2531CM358530
86702739 Jan 2, 2026 NM L2 1UYVS2531CM358530 OOS
83805039 Feb 4, 2025 UT L3 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492
83041318 Oct 29, 2024 CA L2 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492
82899732 Oct 12, 2024 IA L1 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492 OOS
82177490 Jul 21, 2024 NE L2 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492 OOS
81322700 Apr 3, 2024 TX L2 4V4NC9TJ5FN914492

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