Roadside Inspection 82342137

Roadside inspection on Aug 7, 2024 in West Virginia • Carrier: TIDEWATER TRANSIT CO INC (USDOT 90882) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82342137
Date:
Aug 7, 2024
State:
West Virginia
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
GHENT WV
Operating authority:
MC115831
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNR TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
NL2097 (NC)

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 3.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.56 violations per inspection across 417 prior records
vs Level 2 median in West Virginia
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 10,454 Level 2 inspections in West Virginia during 2024
vs typical at GHENT WV
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 429 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 941,515 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2024
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2024
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
69%
315 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
28
7 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
64
37 violations · 10 OOS · 0.58 per inspection
Prior 365 days
315
172 violations · 32 OOS · 0.55 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 393.9(a) (Inoperable required lamps, severity weight 3). (393.9(a))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4WC9EH4MN278692 NC NL2097 VOLVO TRUCK VNR 2021
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1HL2N7B5J7V80641 NC AY40162 Heil

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9(a) Inoperable required lamps 3 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
82844359 Oct 5, 2024 AL L1 NOTASULGA AL 0
82857173 Oct 4, 2024 NC L3 0
82847268 Oct 4, 2024 KY L1 KUTTAWA 0
82841493 Oct 4, 2024 TN L3 INTERSTATE 24 0
82825472 Oct 2, 2024 NC L1 NC 87 0
82825274 Oct 2, 2024 NC L1 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
78392212 Apr 18, 2023 OH L3 4V4WC9EH4MN278692

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