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Roadside Inspection 87594913

Roadside inspection on Apr 15, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC (USDOT 48104)

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
0
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
87594913
Date:
Apr 15, 2026
State:
North Carolina
Level:
Level III — Driver Only
Type:
—
Units inspected:
0
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
I40
Carrier (USDOT):
MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC (48104)
Operating authority:
MC162035

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 3 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a clean and typical result.

Severity context

How mild, normal, or severe was this inspection compared to its carrier, state, and station?

vs this carrier's typical
0
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 0.26 violations per inspection across 1,101 prior records
vs Level 3 median in North Carolina
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 39,694 Level 3 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at I40
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 1,125 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
0
Same as the median (0)
Compared to 637,489 Level 3 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 7.6%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 3 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
85%
385 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
33
6 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
92
12 violations · 3 OOS · 0.13 per inspection
Prior 365 days
385
71 violations · 8 OOS · 0.18 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (12 violations across 92 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.26 per inspection).

No violations cited during this inspection.

Nearby inspections (same carrier, ±60 days)

Other times this carrier was inspected around the same date.

Inspection Date State Level Location Violations OOS
88145965 Jun 13, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88145503 Jun 13, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88138054 Jun 13, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88137932 Jun 13, 2026 NC L2 — 0 —
88137370 Jun 12, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88094302 Jun 10, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —

Related records

Carrier
MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC
Full carrier record and safety profile.
Safety
Carrier crash history
Reportable crashes filed under this USDOT.
Authority
MC162035
Operating authority / MC docket detail.
Station
I40
All inspections at this site.
State
Inspections in North Carolina
Statewide inspection records.
Level
Level III — Driver Only
All inspections at this CVSA level.
Reference
FMCSR Violations
Violation-code reference library.

Recent activity at I40

Other carriers inspected here recently.

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87608536 Apr 16, 2026 IBF GROUP INC 1 —
87608476 Apr 16, 2026 BARR-NUNN TRANSPORTATION LLC 0 —
87594792 Apr 15, 2026 FJ UNITED LLC 0 —