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Roadside Inspection 85585487

Roadside inspection on Aug 20, 2025 in Texas • Carrier: ESTES EXPRESS LINES (USDOT 121018) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
1
25% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
85585487
Date:
Aug 20, 2025
State:
Texas
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
US75 SB DENISON SCALE
Carrier (USDOT):
ESTES EXPRESS LINES (121018)
Operating authority:
MC97275
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL LT625 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
3583594 (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 12.

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
4
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.86 violations per inspection across 6,083 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Texas
4
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 87,766 Level 1 inspections in Texas during 2025
vs typical at US75 SB DENISON SCALE
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 1,257 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
4
3 more than 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)
55%
2334 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
208
167 violations · 18 OOS
Prior 90 days
631
485 violations · 51 OOS · 0.77 per inspection
Prior 365 days
2334
1946 violations · 237 OOS · 0.83 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 393.9 (Inoperable Required Lamp, severity weight 2). (393.9)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3HSDYAPN9NN199721 IN 3583594 INTERNATIONAL LT625 2022 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1S11E9285ME543585 TN 069256T STRICK COMMERCIAL TRAILER Strick Commercial Trailer 2021 —

Violations Cited

4 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.47E Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto, Clamp (Short & Long), DD-3, or Bolt 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.53B CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear 4 Vehicle Maintenance —
393.9 Inoperable Required Lamp 2 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9 Inoperable Required Lamp 2 Vehicle Maintenance —

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
86134472 Oct 17, 2025 MN L3 NORTH SAINT PAUL MN 1 —
86106061 Oct 17, 2025 MO L3 KANSAS CITY MO 0 —
86103866 Oct 17, 2025 GA L3 FORTSON GA 0 —
86094432 Oct 17, 2025 NM L2 ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY 0 —
86088202 Oct 17, 2025 GA L1 PELHAM GA 9 —
86085758 Oct 17, 2025 MD L2 PERRYVILLE MD 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
89024917 Sep 16, 2026 LA L3 3HSDYAPN9NN199721 —
86995868 Feb 4, 2026 TX L1 3HSDYAPN9NN199721 OOS

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