Roadside Inspection 88898963

Roadside inspection on Sep 3, 2026 in California • Carrier: NARWAL EXPRESS INC (USDOT 3675238) • Vehicle: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88898963
Date:
Sep 3, 2026
State:
California
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
COTTONWOOD IF
Carrier (USDOT):
NARWAL EXPRESS INC (3675238)
Operating authority:
MC1276019
Vehicle:
INTERNATIONAL LT62F TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
ZP96534 (CA)

What this inspection means

This is a clean inspection — no violations were recorded.

Compared to the median Level 2 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
Cleaner than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.88 violations per inspection across 113 prior records
vs Level 2 median in California
0
Cleaner than median (1)
Median of 70,520 Level 2 inspections in California during 2026
vs typical at COTTONWOOD IF
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 15,855 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
0
1 fewer than the median (1)
Compared to 577,701 Level 2 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
No
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 2 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
58%
77 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
17
16 violations · 3 OOS
Prior 90 days
38
57 violations · 9 OOS · 1.50 per inspection
Prior 365 days
77
75 violations · 11 OOS · 0.97 per inspection
Honest opinion

A clean inspection here is a positive signal in the context of a recent stretch where this carrier's violation rate ran above its lifetime average.

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 3HSDZAPR1SN085661 CA ZP96534 INTERNATIONAL LT62F 2025
2 SEMI-TRAILER 5V8VC5325PT308357 ID TS2660 VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) VANGUARD NATIONAL TRAILER CORPORATION (VNTC) 2023
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
88971281 Sep 9, 2026 IL L3 I80 4 OOS
88956594 Sep 9, 2026 CA L1 YUBA-SUTTER AREA 3
88944729 Sep 7, 2026 CA L3 DUNSMUIR GRADE IF 0
88898936 Sep 3, 2026 CA L1 COTTONWOOD IF 1
88894869 Sep 3, 2026 CA L3 COTTONWOOD IF 0
88893350 Sep 2, 2026 WA L3 RIDGEFIELD WA 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88113476 Jun 11, 2026 CA L2 3HSDZAPR1SN085661 OOS
87444658 Mar 27, 2026 CA L3 3HSDZAPR1SN085661
87243748 Mar 5, 2026 CA L1 3HSDZAPR1SN085661
87186844 Mar 2, 2026 OR L3 3HSDZAPR1SN085661 OOS
86742694 Jan 7, 2026 CA L3 3HSDZAPR1SN085661
86511379 Dec 5, 2025 CA L3 3HSDZAPR1SN085661
85813977 Sep 17, 2025 NM L1 5V8VC5325PT308357 OOS
86978632 Jul 10, 2025 NM L2 5V8VC5325PT308357

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