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Roadside Inspection 89015125

Roadside inspection on Sep 16, 2026 in South Dakota • Carrier: DM EXPRESS INC (USDOT 1749223) • Vehicle: FREIGHTLINER TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L2
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
2
OOS Violations
1
50% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 2

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89015125
Date:
Sep 16, 2026
State:
South Dakota
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
VALLEY SPRINGS SD
Carrier (USDOT):
DM EXPRESS INC (1749223)
Operating authority:
MC773697
Vehicle:
FREIGHTLINER Cascadia TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P1173047 (IL)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance and Hours of Service, with a combined severity weight of 9.

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
2
Heavier than carrier average
Carrier averages 0.97 violations per inspection across 177 prior records
vs Level 2 median in South Dakota
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 4,275 Level 2 inspections in South Dakota during 2026
vs typical at VALLEY SPRINGS SD
2
Heavier than station median (0)
Median of 4,066 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
2
1 more than the median (1)
Compared to 614,154 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)
45%
60 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
4
2 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
6
2 violations · 1 OOS · 0.33 per inspection
Prior 365 days
60
77 violations · 17 OOS · 1.28 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (2 violations across 6 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 0.97 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 3AKJHHDR4PSUM2967 IL P1173047 FREIGHTLINER Cascadia 2023 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1DW1A5328SBB96950 ME 5447443 STOUGHTON TRAILERS Stoughton Trailers 2025 —

Violations Cited

2 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
395.8A No drivers record of duty status when one is required 1 Hours of Service —

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
89099611 Sep 25, 2026 KS L2 RUSSELL COUNTY - 167 0 —
88944921 Sep 8, 2026 AL L2 HEFLIN AL 1 —
88883008 Sep 2, 2026 SD L2 PIEDMONT SD 0 —
88769326 Aug 22, 2026 IA L2 — 1 OOS
88748455 Aug 20, 2026 AL L3 — 0 —
88629582 Aug 4, 2026 IL L3 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87645934 Apr 21, 2026 OH L2 1DW1A5328SBB96950 —
87645934 Apr 21, 2026 OH L2 3AKJHHDR4PSUM2967 —
86400993 Nov 24, 2025 MO L3 1DW1A5328SBB96950 —
86400993 Nov 24, 2025 MO L3 3AKJHHDR4PSUM2967 —
85201154 Jul 7, 2025 MN L3 3AKJHHDR4PSUM2967 —
85201154 Jul 7, 2025 MN L3 1DW1A5328SBB96950 —
83402135 Dec 13, 2024 MS L3 1DW1A5328SBB96950 —
83175330 Nov 15, 2024 TN L3 3AKJHHDR4PSUM2967 —

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