Roadside Inspection 85406563

Roadside inspection on Aug 4, 2025 in Alabama • Carrier: VENTURE EXPRESS INC (USDOT 192068) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85406563
Date:
Aug 4, 2025
State:
Alabama
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
HEFLIN AL
Carrier (USDOT):
VENTURE EXPRESS INC (192068)
Operating authority:
MC151894
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL LT62F TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
S6992HY (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 8.

Compared to the median Level 1 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.70 violations per inspection across 1,290 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Alabama
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 5,021 Level 1 inspections in Alabama during 2025
vs typical at HEFLIN AL
1
Cleaner than station median (2)
Median of 916 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 760,406 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 27.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
64%
537 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
38
29 violations · 7 OOS
Prior 90 days
119
94 violations · 15 OOS · 0.79 per inspection
Prior 365 days
537
375 violations · 69 OOS · 0.70 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 393.75A3-TAOLTIS (Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS, severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOLTIS)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3HSDZAPR9RN265738 TN S6992HY INTERNATIONAL LT62F 2024
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS2533H7082809 TN U714322 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2017

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires - All others, leaking and inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire equipped with ATIS 8 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
85967402 Oct 3, 2025 MS L2 AMITE COUNTY 3
85961194 Oct 3, 2025 TN L3 MURFREESBORO TN 0
85959723 Oct 3, 2025 TN L3 SHELBYVILLE TN 0
85993988 Oct 2, 2025 TX L2 IH30 WB MT PLEASANT SCALE 0
85958013 Oct 2, 2025 TN L1 ARDMORE TN 1 OOS
85949011 Oct 1, 2025 TN L3 SHELBYVILLE TN 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87646247 Apr 21, 2026 AL L3 3HSDZAPR9RN265738
84752394 May 21, 2025 AL L1 3HSDZAPR9RN265738
82433943 Aug 20, 2024 AL L3 3HSDZAPR9RN265738
81720481 May 28, 2024 AL L3 3HSDZAPR9RN265738
81703190 May 24, 2024 AL L3 3HSDZAPR9RN265738
80344369 Dec 7, 2023 TN L3 3HSDZAPR9RN265738

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