Roadside Inspection 87299463

Roadside inspection on Mar 15, 2026 in Arkansas • Carrier: SMITH EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2506137) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
4
OOS Violations
3
75% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
87299463
Date:
Mar 15, 2026
State:
Arkansas
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
4
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
WEST MEMPHIS AR
Carrier (USDOT):
SMITH EXPRESS INC (2506137)
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P9533HY (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 24.

Compared to the median Level 2 inspection nationwide in 2026, 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 1.00 violations per inspection across 27 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Arkansas
4
Heavier than median (2)
Median of 4,938 Level 2 inspections in Arkansas during 2026
vs typical at WEST MEMPHIS AR
4
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 8,905 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
4
3 more than the median (1)
Compared to 550,077 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
57%
7 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
0
No inspections in this window
Prior 90 days
1
9 violations · 1 OOS · 9.00 per inspection
Prior 365 days
7
20 violations · 2 OOS · 2.86 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 4V4NC9EH1FN139036 TN P9533HY VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2015
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532W28L148050 TN 701342T WABASH Wabash National Corporation 2008

Violations Cited

4 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
393.75A3-TAOL Tires - All others, leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure. 8 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LTSI Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. 6 Vehicle Maintenance OOS
393.9A-LLPL Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative. 2 Vehicle Maintenance

Violation categories (BASICs)

Federal behavior-analysis-and-safety-improvement buckets for the cited violations.

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
86639550 Dec 22, 2025 AR L1 1JJV532W28L148050 OOS
86639550 Dec 22, 2025 AR L1 4V4NC9EH1FN139036 OOS
86533887 Dec 8, 2025 AR L3 1JJV532W28L148050
86533887 Dec 8, 2025 AR L3 4V4NC9EH1FN139036
86457228 Nov 30, 2025 AR L3 4V4NC9EH1FN139036
81173684 Mar 5, 2024 MS L1 4V4NC9EH1FN139036
80703605 Jan 28, 2024 AR L3 4V4NC9EH1FN139036
80347957 Dec 6, 2023 TX L2 4V4NC9EH1FN139036

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