Roadside Inspection 88832895

Roadside inspection on Aug 26, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: BLACK DIAMOND FREIGHT LLC (USDOT 3543464) • Vehicle: RAM TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88832895
Date:
Aug 26, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
DOWELLTOWN TN
Vehicle:
RAM 3500 TRUCK TRACTOR
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
088C27 (OK)

What this inspection means

One violation was recorded; no out-of-service order was issued.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 2.

Compared to the median Level 1 inspection nationwide in 2026, this is a 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 0.78 violations per inspection across 124 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 22,716 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 413,791 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
59%
66 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
6
3 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
15
4 violations · 1 OOS · 0.27 per inspection
Prior 365 days
66
63 violations · 15 OOS · 0.95 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (4 violations across 15 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.78 per inspection).

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3C63RRJLXTG266021 OK 088C27 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
3500 2026
2 SEMI-TRAILER 16V3F4829V6485563 OK EB2344 BIG TEX Big Tex 2027

Violations Cited

1 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
393.95A1 Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. 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
88833795 Aug 27, 2026 MO L1 DEARBORN MO 1
88790923 Aug 25, 2026 OK L1 COLBERT POE 0
88796716 Aug 24, 2026 CO L3 MONUMENT CO 3
88744028 Aug 18, 2026 MD L2 0
88687340 Aug 12, 2026 MO L1 0
88634830 Aug 5, 2026 LA L1 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88583065 Aug 1, 2026 IA L1 16V3F4829V6485563
88583065 Aug 1, 2026 IA L1 3C63RRJLXTG266021

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