Equipment unit · VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

2001 Kentucky Dry Freight Trailer

1KKVA53281L203043 · Trailer · TRAILER
Carriers run under1
20 mo
Inspections3
all-time
OOS inspections0
of 3
First seenDec 5, 2023
NM
Last seenAug 24, 2025
AL
01

Decoded identity

From the 17-character VIN via NHTSA vPIC

VIN
1KKVA53281L203043
Make
Kentucky
Model
Dry Freight Trailer
Model year
2001
Body class
Trailer
Vehicle type
TRAILER
GVWR
Not decoded
Decoded at
Jul 24, 2026
vPIC returns make / model / year / body class / GVWR. Fields it does not resolve are shown as Not decoded rather than guessed.
Decode evidence & sources

Deterministic structure

These fields come directly from VIN positions and the published checksum calculation, with zero store IO.

World manufacturer identifier
1KK

Deterministic · VIN positions 1–3.

Vehicle descriptor section
VA532

Deterministic · VIN positions 4–8.

Check digit
8 · valid

Deterministic · position 9; calculated value 8.

Model year candidates
2001 or 2031

Position 10 repeats every 30 years; both candidates are retained and neither is silently selected.

North American serial sequence
203043

Deterministic · positions 12–17 for a North American WMI.

Sourced platform inference

The prefix store publishes only at support ≥ 3 and purity ≥ 90%. Prefix confidence is shown beside every established platform claim.

Make
KENTUCKY

Prefix basis · 325 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model
Dry Freight Trailer

Prefix basis · 325 decoded VINs at 100.0% prefix purity.

Model line
Not established

No sourced model-line label is established.

No source established for this field.

Generation
Not established

No sourced generation label is established.

No source established for this field.

Cab type
Not established

No sourced cab label is established.

No source established for this field.

Federal observation (NHTSA vPIC)

What the federal corpus observed directly for this exact VIN — independent of, and sometimes more specific than, the prefix-level inference above.

Observed model year
2001

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed make
KENTUCKY

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed model
Dry Freight Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed body class
Trailer

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Observed vehicle type
TRAILER

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

GVWR
Not established

Observed directly for this VIN via NHTSA vPIC.

Not established

  • model line
  • generation
  • cab type

These are withheld claims, not negative findings.

02

Inspection history

Every roadside inspection of this VIN, newest first · Dec 5, 2023 – Aug 24, 2025

DateStateLevelViol.OOSCarrier (DOT)Plate
Aug 24, 2025ALIII · Driver-only0TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC 5871808585999/MI
Feb 21, 2025WIII · Walk-around0TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC 587180B585999/MI
Dec 5, 2023NMII · Walk-around0TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC 587180B585999/MI
03

Carriers this unit has run under

1 distinct carrier · grouped by DOT · newest activity first

CarrierDOTFirst seenLast seenInsp.State
TANTARA TRANSPORTATION INC587180Dec 5, 2023Aug 24, 20253MI
Names are left-joined from the FMCSA census; a DOT with no census match falls back to its number.
04

Plate & unit-number history

The same truck under different plate registrations across carriers

PlateState / prov.Unit no.CarrierDate rangeInsp.
8585999MITANTARA TRANSPORTATION INCAug 24, 2025Aug 24, 20251
B585999MITANTARA TRANSPORTATION INCDec 5, 2023Feb 21, 20252
Sources: FMCSA SAFER · L&I · NHTSA vPIC · decoded Jul 24, 2026