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Roadside Inspection 88629301

Roadside inspection on Aug 5, 2026 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 #:
88629301
Date:
Aug 5, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FRANKLIN
Carrier (USDOT):
VALLEY EXPRESS LLC (703852)
Operating authority:
MC325475
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
89331X (WI)

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 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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.11 violations per inspection across 204 prior records
vs Level 2 median in Kentucky
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 10,487 Level 2 inspections in Kentucky during 2026
vs typical at FRANKLIN
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 3,403 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 600,531 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 29.0%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
33%
81 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
2
1 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
2 violations · 0 OOS · 0.40 per inspection
Prior 365 days
81
72 violations · 15 OOS · 0.89 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.11 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 4V4NC9EH7SN689240 WI 89331X VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2025 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 3H3V532K6PS458767 WI 822484 HYUNDAI TRANSLEAD TRAILERS Hyundai Translead Trailers 2023 —

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
89027255 Sep 15, 2026 WI L2 OSHKOSH WI 1 —
88913315 Sep 3, 2026 WI L2 CLEVELAND WI 2 —
88684221 Aug 11, 2026 TN L1 — 1 —
88556821 Jul 28, 2026 TN L3 — 1 —
88527606 Jul 27, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —
88224283 Jun 23, 2026 NC L3 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
81066750 Mar 4, 2024 IN L2 3H3V532K6PS458767 OOS

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