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Roadside Inspection 89304718

Roadside inspection on Oct 20, 2026 in Kentucky • Carrier: RED KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 227709) • Vehicle: PETERBILT TRUCK TRACTOR

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

Inspection Details

Key facts from the FMCSA inspection record.

Inspection #:
89304718
Date:
Oct 20, 2026
State:
Kentucky
Type:
—
Units inspected:
2
Violations:
2
HazMat:
No
Inspection site:
LONDON KY
Operating authority:
MC221152
Vehicle:
PETERBILT 579 TRUCK TRACTOR
Plate:
P993440 (IL)

What this inspection means

Both the vehicle and the driver were placed out of service at this inspection.

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

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 0.36 violations per inspection across 864 prior records
vs Level 1 median in Kentucky
2
Heavier than median (1)
Median of 18,317 Level 1 inspections in Kentucky during 2026
vs typical at LONDON KY
2
Heavier than station median (1)
Median of 2,579 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 492,886 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)
80%
220 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
21
12 violations · 1 OOS
Prior 90 days
52
25 violations · 6 OOS · 0.48 per inspection
Prior 365 days
220
74 violations · 13 OOS · 0.34 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 1XPBD49X1RD873734 IL P993440 PETERBILT 579 2024 —
2 SEMI-TRAILER 1JJV532D3LL193053 IL 795041ST WABASH VANS Dry Van Duraplate 2020 —

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
391.41APC Medical (Certificate) - Operating a property-carrying vehicle without a valid medical certificate in possession or on file with the state drivers licensing agency 1 Driver Fitness 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
89300017 Oct 19, 2026 US L1 TERRE HAUTE IN 0 —
89281188 Oct 16, 2026 KY L3 LONDON KY 0 —
89272598 Oct 15, 2026 KY L1 MOREHEAD KY 0 —
89280497 Oct 14, 2026 MD L1 FROSTBURG MD 2 —
89258565 Oct 14, 2026 KY L1 PRESTONSBURG KY 0 —
89258548 Oct 14, 2026 KY L1 MOREHEAD KY 1 OOS

Other inspections of these vehicles

History for the VINs recorded on this inspection.

Inspection Date State Level VIN OOS
88855434 Aug 31, 2026 KY L3 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
86296031 Nov 10, 2025 KY L3 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
86221335 Nov 1, 2025 KY L1 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
85825341 Sep 19, 2025 KY L1 1XPBD49X1RD873734 OOS
85770487 Sep 12, 2025 TN L2 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
84911924 Jun 10, 2025 KY L1 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
82371142 Aug 13, 2024 KY L1 1XPBD49X1RD873734 —
80888611 Feb 20, 2024 KY L1 1XPBD49X1RD873734 OOS

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