Roadside Inspection 81614746

Roadside inspection on May 14, 2024 in Kentucky • Carrier: DOWDY TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2420980) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
81614746
Date:
May 14, 2024
State:
Kentucky
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
ELIZABETHTOWN
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
K5079HY (TN)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving, with a combined severity weight of 0.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2024, this is a slightly above 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
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.50 violations per inspection across 34 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Kentucky
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 13,255 Level 3 inspections in Kentucky during 2024
vs typical at ELIZABETHTOWN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 1,361 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 3 median
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 938,340 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 4.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
42%
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
2
0 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
12
14 violations · 0 OOS · 1.17 per inspection
Prior 365 days
31
48 violations · 4 OOS · 1.55 per inspection

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3AKJGLDR7KDKR7653 TN K5079HY FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2019
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D9KL092159 TN U842755 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2019

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2 Violation of Local Laws - Explain: Unsafe Driving

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
81860556 Jun 7, 2024 TN L3 PORTLAND TN 1
81793623 Jun 5, 2024 KY L1 FRANKLIN 1 OOS
81747177 May 30, 2024 KY L3 BOWLING GREEN 1
81750507 May 29, 2024 PA L3 ON UNNAMED STREET 166 FEET EAS 0
81720828 May 24, 2024 KY L3 MORGANTOWN 0
81418251 Apr 22, 2024 IN L3 TERRE HAUTE IN 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84283842 Mar 31, 2025 PA L3 3AKJGLDR7KDKR7653
82748049 Sep 24, 2024 OH L1 3AKJGLDR7KDKR7653 OOS
80868669 Feb 14, 2024 IN L2 1JJV532D9KL092159
79934488 Oct 17, 2023 OH L2 1JJV532D9KL092159
79245349 Jul 25, 2023 OH L1 1JJV532D9KL092159

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