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Roadside Inspection 89248489

Roadside inspection on Oct 13, 2026 in Kentucky • Carrier: NS EXPRESS LLC (USDOT 2394678) • Vehicle: VOLVO TRUCK TRUCK TRACTOR

Vehicle OOS Driver: OK CVSA L1
Units Inspected
2
Total Violations
1
OOS Violations
1
100% of violations
Inspection Level
Level 1

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89248489
Date:
Oct 13, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
1
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
FRANKLIN KY
Carrier (USDOT):
NS EXPRESS LLC (2394678)
Operating authority:
MC823270
Vehicle:
VOLVO TRUCK VNL TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
DF12EB (FL)

What this inspection means

The vehicle was placed out of service at this inspection.

Cited issues fall mainly under Vehicle Maintenance, with a combined severity weight of 8.

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
1
On par with carrier average
Carrier averages 1.03 violations per inspection across 79 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Kentucky
1
On par with median (1)
Median of 18,216 Level 1 inspections in Kentucky during 2026
vs typical at FRANKLIN KY
1
On par with station median (1)
Median of 617 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
1
Same as the median (1)
Compared to 491,447 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)
43%
23 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
2
1 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
5
1 violations · 1 OOS · 0.20 per inspection
Prior 365 days
23
20 violations · 3 OOS · 0.87 per inspection

This inspection occurred during a noticeably cleaner stretch than the carrier's lifetime average (1 violations across 5 prior-90-day inspections vs a lifetime average of 1.03 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 4V4NC9EHXLN229264 FL DF12EB VOLVO TRUCK VNL 2020 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D3KL117346 ME 28TLR47581 WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2019 —

Violations Cited

1 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

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
89271079 Oct 15, 2026 NC L3 CANTON NC 0 —
89106792 Sep 26, 2026 MS L3 G92 SCALES MS 0 —
89090106 Sep 24, 2026 KY L1 FRANKLIN KY 1 OOS
88768606 Aug 22, 2026 MS L3 — 0 —
88768109 Aug 20, 2026 FL L2 — 0 —

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
87174541 Feb 28, 2026 TN L3 1JJV532D3KL117346 —
87174541 Feb 28, 2026 TN L3 4V4NC9EHXLN229264 —
82815007 Oct 2, 2024 KY L1 1JJV532D3KL117346 —
82815007 Oct 2, 2024 KY L1 4V4NC9EHXLN229264 —

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