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Roadside Inspection 88997108

Roadside inspection on Sep 13, 2026 in Tennessee • Carrier: DELTA EXPRESS INC (USDOT 2077259) • Vehicle: RAM STRAIGHT TRUCK

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
88997108
Date:
Sep 13, 2026
State:
Tennessee
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
BARTLETT TN
Carrier (USDOT):
DELTA EXPRESS INC (2077259)
Operating authority:
MC725535
Vehicle:
RAM 5500 STRAIGHT TRUCK
Ticket make:
Dodge
Plate:
VV7730 (NC)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Unsafe Driving and Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 14.

Compared to the median Level 1 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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 1.38 violations per inspection across 197 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Tennessee
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 24,777 Level 1 inspections in Tennessee during 2026
vs typical at BARTLETT TN
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 53 inspections at this station in the trailing 12 months

How this compares

National peer benchmarks for inspections at this level.

Violations vs Level 1 median
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 445,924 Level 1 inspections nationwide in 2026
OOS at this inspection
Yes
Cohort OOS rate: 28.9%
Out-of-service rate across all Level 1 inspections in 2026
Carrier clean-inspection rate (12 mo)
58%
80 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
7
7 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
18
16 violations · 3 OOS · 0.89 per inspection
Prior 365 days
80
93 violations · 16 OOS · 1.16 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 393.43DBMA (Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle., severity weight 4). (393.43DBMA)

Units Inspected

2 unit(s) covered by this inspection.

Seq Type VIN Plate Make Model Year OOS
1 STRAIGHT TRUCK 3C7WRMFL9RG353003 NC VV7730 RAM
Ticket: Dodge
5500 2024 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 7UZFV5327RL003599 ME 5343855 KAUFMAN TRAILERS GROUP, LLC Kaufman Trailers Group, LLC 2024 —

Violations Cited

2 violation(s) recorded against this inspection.

Code Description Severity Wt BASIC OOS
392.2-SLLS4 State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit. 10 Unsafe Driving —
393.43DBMA Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle. 4 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
89036970 Sep 17, 2026 TN L1 KNOXVILLE TN 0 —
88997771 Sep 15, 2026 AR L1 VAN BUREN AR 0 —
88984047 Sep 11, 2026 GA L3 LAVONIA GA 1 —
88958343 Sep 10, 2026 KY L1 LEXINGTON KY 0 —
88951960 Sep 8, 2026 TN L2 DANDRIDGE TN 0 —
88849795 Aug 28, 2026 TN L1 STANTON TN 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88951960 Sep 8, 2026 TN L2 7UZFV5327RL003599 —
88951960 Sep 8, 2026 TN L2 3C7WRMFL9RG353003 —
88849795 Aug 28, 2026 TN L1 7UZFV5327RL003599 —
88849795 Aug 28, 2026 TN L1 3C7WRMFL9RG353003 —
88555999 Jul 28, 2026 TN L1 7UZFV5327RL003599 —
87351594 Mar 20, 2026 TN L1 7UZFV5327RL003599 OOS
87339108 Mar 18, 2026 TN L2 7UZFV5327RL003599 —
85950919 Oct 2, 2025 MS L1 7UZFV5327RL003599 —

Related records

Recent activity at BARTLETT TN

Other carriers inspected here recently.

Inspection Date Carrier Violations OOS
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89023437 Sep 15, 2026 RITE FREIGHT INC 3 —
89003842 Sep 14, 2026 USTC LLC 2 —
88996527 Sep 13, 2026 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 1 —
88996406 Sep 13, 2026 CFY AUTO TRANSPORT CORP 2 —
88993758 Sep 13, 2026 MID-CON CARRIERS CORP 2 —