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Roadside Inspection 84543999

Roadside inspection on Apr 29, 2025 in Michigan • Carrier: S A EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2285847) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
3
OOS Violations
1
33% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
84543999
Date:
Apr 29, 2025
State:
Michigan
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
3
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
MONROE SCALE N/B
Carrier (USDOT):
S A EXPRESS INC (2285847)
Operating authority:
MC780737
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
RC48078 (MI)

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 18.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2025, 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
3
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.10 violations per inspection across 160 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Michigan
3
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 15,971 Level 2 inspections in Michigan during 2025

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
3
2 more than the median (1)
Compared to 1,039,543 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 26.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
46%
57 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
3
2 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
13
14 violations · 1 OOS · 1.08 per inspection
Prior 365 days
57
57 violations · 8 OOS · 1.00 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 393.9B-LRLIWR (Lighting - Tail lamp - Both lamps on rearmost vehicle inoperative when required to be on., severity weight 6). (393.9B-LRLIWR)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKYD49X4KJ248591 MI RC48078 KENWORTH T680 2019 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532C9GT018092 OK 7841LK HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2016 —

Violations Cited

3 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.9A-LSLI Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. 6 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9A-LTSIR Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit 6 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9B-LRLIWR Lighting - Tail lamp - Both lamps on rearmost vehicle inoperative when required to be on. 6 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
85073941 Jun 27, 2025 MI L3 I 75 NB 5MM 1 —
85106199 Jun 24, 2025 IN L3 TERRE HAUTE IN 1 —
84972571 Jun 16, 2025 TN L2 PIPERTON TN 1 —
84903500 Jun 6, 2025 MI L2 — 1 —
84886251 Jun 5, 2025 MI L2 — 2 —
84825466 May 29, 2025 MI L3 — 3 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89128954 Sep 29, 2026 MO L2 1XKYD49X4KJ248591 OOS
83161045 Nov 12, 2024 OH L3 1XKYD49X4KJ248591 —

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