Roadside Inspection 86240719

Roadside inspection on Nov 4, 2025 in Indiana • Carrier: SAMAX EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2457309) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver OOS CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
86240719
Date:
Nov 4, 2025
State:
Indiana
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
TERRE HAUTE IN
Carrier (USDOT):
SAMAX EXPRESS INC (2457309)
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
R770301 (TX)

What this inspection means

The driver was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Driver Fitness, with a combined severity weight of 4.

Compared to the median Level 3 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
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.66 violations per inspection across 484 prior records
vs Level 3 median in Indiana
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 32,160 Level 3 inspections in Indiana during 2025
vs typical at TERRE HAUTE IN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 5,149 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
1
1 more than the median (0)
Compared to 1,066,282 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2025
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 6.5%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2025
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
32%
239 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
23
43 violations · 4 OOS
Prior 90 days
56
127 violations · 14 OOS · 2.27 per inspection
Prior 365 days
239
428 violations · 47 OOS · 1.79 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 391.11B2-Q (Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record., severity weight 4). (391.11B2-Q)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKYD49XXNJ491987 TX R770301 KENWORTH T680 2022
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1UYVS253XJ3415133 ME 5191622 UTILITY TRAILER MANUFACTURER Utility Trailer Manufacturer 2018

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
391.11B2-Q Driver cannot read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and record. 4 Driver Fitness 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
86707541 Jan 2, 2026 NC L2 I 95 24MM 0
86695064 Dec 29, 2025 TX L2 IH 35 SB MM 117 4
86659191 Dec 24, 2025 VA L2 DUBLIN VA 3
86601036 Dec 17, 2025 MO L1 ST CLAIR MO 6 OOS
86609354 Dec 16, 2025 MT L3 HAUGAN MT 3 OOS
86579756 Dec 15, 2025 AR L3 HOPE AR 1

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87845924 May 13, 2026 US L2 1UYVS253XJ3415133 OOS
82561175 Aug 30, 2024 TX L1 1XKYD49XXNJ491987 OOS
80721306 Jan 28, 2024 TX L2 1XKYD49XXNJ491987
80075741 Nov 1, 2023 CA L1 1UYVS253XJ3415133 OOS
79788916 Sep 22, 2023 CA L3 1UYVS253XJ3415133

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