Roadside Inspection 88931144

Roadside inspection on Sep 8, 2026 in North Carolina • Carrier: MERCHANTS TRANSPORT OF HICKORY LLC (USDOT 48104) • Vehicle: KENWORTH TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle: OK Driver: OK CVSA L3
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
0
OOS Violations
0
Inspection Level
Level 3

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88931144
Date:
Sep 8, 2026
Type:
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
0
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
STATESVILLE NC
Operating authority:
MC162035
Vehicle:
KENWORTH T680 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
DD4241 (NC)

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 0.24 violations per inspection across 1,231 prior records
vs Level 3 median in North Carolina
0
On par with median (0)
Median of 37,688 Level 3 inspections in North Carolina during 2026
vs typical at STATESVILLE NC
0
On par with station median (0)
Median of 263 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 594,945 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)
88%
397 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
22
3 violations · 0 OOS
Prior 90 days
85
7 violations · 0 OOS · 0.08 per inspection
Prior 365 days
397
54 violations · 8 OOS · 0.14 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (7 violations across 85 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.24 per inspection).

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 TRUCK TRACTOR 1XKYD49X5TJ223958 NC DD4241 KENWORTH T680 2026
2 FULL TRAILER 527SR5327LM023371 MA 248487E CIMC REEFER TRAILER,INC
Ticket: Vang
CIMC REEFER TRAILER,INC. 2020
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
88959961 Sep 10, 2026 NC L2 ELKIN NC 0
88941123 Sep 9, 2026 NC L3 BOLTON NC 0
88935516 Sep 8, 2026 SC L2 LEXINGTON SC 1 OOS
88926828 Sep 7, 2026 NC L3 SANFORD NC 0
88925235 Sep 7, 2026 NC L1 STATESVILLE NC 0
88924221 Sep 7, 2026 NC L2 CLEMMONS NC 0

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88756729 Aug 21, 2026 NC L3 1XKYD49X5TJ223958

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