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Roadside Inspection 85419736

Roadside inspection on Aug 5, 2025 in Kentucky • Carrier: VALLEY EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 703852) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85419736
Date:
Aug 5, 2025
State:
Kentucky
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LONDON
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY EXPRESS LLC (703852)
Operating authority:
MC325475
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3568466 (IN)

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 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.25 violations per inspection across 123 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Kentucky
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 13,944 Level 2 inspections in Kentucky during 2025
vs typical at LONDON
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 12,446 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 2 median
1
Same as 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)
34%
65 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
7 violations · 2 OOS
Prior 90 days
20
19 violations · 4 OOS · 0.95 per inspection
Prior 365 days
65
77 violations · 11 OOS · 1.18 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-TAOL (Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure., severity weight 8). (393.75A3-TAOL)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 4V4NC9EH3PN330457 IN 3568466 VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2023 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 13N14820XR1564441 TN 379423T FONTAINE TRAILER CO. Fontaine Trailer Co. 1994 —

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 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
85985580 Oct 2, 2025 MO L3 CREIGHTON MO 0 —
85934095 Sep 29, 2025 WI L3 JANESVILLE WI 1 —
85931669 Sep 29, 2025 WI L3 VERONA WI 0 —
85906304 Sep 29, 2025 KY L1 LONDON 0 —
85923383 Sep 24, 2025 MN L3 ERSKINE MN 0 —
85895002 Sep 24, 2025 WI L2 SPARTA WI 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88556821 Jul 28, 2026 TN L3 13N14820XR1564441 —
83155056 Nov 13, 2024 KY L1 13N14820XR1564441 —
83155056 Nov 13, 2024 KY L1 4V4NC9EH3PN330457 —
82225878 Jul 25, 2024 KY L3 13N14820XR1564441 —
82225878 Jul 25, 2024 KY L3 4V4NC9EH3PN330457 —

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