Roadside Inspection 82440165

Roadside inspection on Aug 12, 2024 in Arkansas • Carrier: SMITH EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2506137) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
5
OOS Violations
2
40% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
82440165
Date:
Aug 12, 2024
State:
Arkansas
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
5
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
WEST MEMPHIS AR
Carrier (USDOT):
SMITH EXPRESS INC (2506137)
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
T0838HY (TN)

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 17.

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
5
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.06 violations per inspection across 16 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Arkansas
5
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 6,394 Level 1 inspections in Arkansas during 2024
vs typical at WEST MEMPHIS AR
5
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,494 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
5
4 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)
94%
16 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 365 days
16
1 violations · 0 OOS · 0.06 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 396.5(b) (Oil and/or grease leak, severity weight 3). (396.5(b))

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EHXDN564736 TN T0838HY VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2013
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532W08C116861 TN 151464T WABASH Wabash National Corporation 2008

Violations Cited

5 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.47(a) Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition 4 Vehicle Maintenance
393.48(a) Inoperative/defective brakes 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
396.5(b) Oil and/or grease leak 3 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
396.3(a)(1) Inspection, repair and maintenance of parts and accessories 2 Vehicle Maintenance OOS

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
84590516 May 2, 2025 AR L3 1JJV532W08C116861
84590516 May 2, 2025 AR L3 4V4NC9EHXDN564736
83164666 Nov 11, 2024 AR L3 4V4NC9EHXDN564736
81013359 Feb 27, 2024 MS L1 4V4NC9EHXDN564736

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