Roadside Inspection 84310049

Roadside inspection on Apr 2, 2025 in California • Carrier: VALLEY IRON INC (USDOT 2671583) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84310049
Date:
Apr 2, 2025
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY IRON INC (2671583)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
9F95922 (CA)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2025, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
0
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.70 violations per inspection across 122 prior records
vs Level 3 median in California
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 79,886 Level 3 inspections in California during 2025
vs typical at CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 19,458 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
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
60%
63 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
6
8 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
18
28 violations · 8 OOS · 1.56 per inspection
Prior 365 days
63
59 violations · 11 OOS · 0.94 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a stretch where the carrier had 2.2× their typical violation rate (28 violations across 18 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.70 per inspection).

Honest opinion

A clean inspection here is a positive signal in the context of a recent stretch where this carrier's violation rate ran above its lifetime average.

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882 CA 9F95922 KENWORTH T680 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1TTF482A2L3219696 CA 4VG4404 BENSON/WABASH Aluminium Flatbed 2020
No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
84702638 May 14, 2025 CA L1 CORDELIA IF 0
84659275 May 13, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84568748 Apr 30, 2025 CA L1 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 0
84547989 Apr 29, 2025 CA L3 CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF 2
84491981 Apr 18, 2025 CA L1 GILROY IF 1
84421693 Apr 16, 2025 CA L2 ASH ST 2

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87267661 Mar 10, 2026 CA L2 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882 OOS
86981415 Feb 6, 2026 CA L3 1TTF482A2L3219696
86462903 Dec 2, 2025 CA L1 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
84659275 May 13, 2025 CA L3 1TTF482A2L3219696
83312104 Dec 2, 2024 CA L1 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
80771789 Feb 2, 2024 CA L3 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882
80770927 Feb 2, 2024 CA L1 1XKYDP9X4NJ151882 OOS
80419914 Dec 15, 2023 CA L1 1TTF482A2L3219696

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