Roadside Inspection 83101760

Roadside inspection on Nov 6, 2024 in Arkansas • Carrier: WATKINS EXPRESS FREIGHT INC (USDOT 804991) • Vehicle: WESTERN STAR TRUCK TRACTOR

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
83101760
Date:
Nov 6, 2024
State:
Arkansas
Type:
Units inspected:
3
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR
Operating authority:
MC440782
Vehicle:
WESTERN STAR 5700 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
A66577 (KY)

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 3.

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 0.85 violations per inspection across 127 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Arkansas
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 31,572 Level 3 inspections in Arkansas during 2024
vs typical at NORTH LITTLE ROCK AR
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 768 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)
54%
74 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
9
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
21
5 violations · 1 OOS · 0.24 per inspection
Prior 365 days
74
49 violations · 8 OOS · 0.66 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (5 violations across 21 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.85 per inspection).

Units Inspected

3 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 5KJJBHDR2NLNH0768 KY A66577 WESTERN STAR 5700 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5327KT903476 KY 78018T VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)
Ticket: Unknown
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2019
4 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5327KT903476 KY 78018T VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC)
Ticket: Unknown
VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2019

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLLR State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation. 3 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
83458533 Dec 20, 2024 TN L1 KNOXVILLE TN 3 OOS
83343003 Dec 6, 2024 NC L2 I40 0
83273382 Nov 28, 2024 IL L3 I-57 0
83257957 Nov 25, 2024 TN L2 LEBANON TN 1 OOS
83235632 Nov 22, 2024 TN L3 INTERSTATE 40 0
83198895 Nov 19, 2024 MO L2 CHARLESTON MO 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88471415 Jul 20, 2026 MD L1 5V8VC5327KT903476 OOS
88192925 Jun 17, 2026 TN L3 5KJJBHDR2NLNH0768
82985187 Oct 19, 2024 AR L3 5KJJBHDR2NLNH0768
82592257 Sep 4, 2024 TN L3 5KJJBHDR2NLNH0768
82328741 Aug 5, 2024 TX L2 5KJJBHDR2NLNH0768
81132822 Mar 17, 2024 SD L3 5V8VC5327KT903476

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