Carrier profile · USDOT 716970 · MC-224537 · Updated Aug 12, 2026

Bekins A-1 Movers Inc

DBA BMS MOVING & STORAGE

84 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 11 statesSARASOTA, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-224537 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 84-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
84
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

13%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 376.11 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20232002
20192012
20182012
20172002
20151011
20141001
20133023
20111001
20101011
20093013
20082002
20061001
20042002
20021111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 10, 2025MA00Yes
Oct 14, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 23, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 19, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 28, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2019AZ01Yes
Aug 30, 2018TX05Yes
May 2, 2018FL00Yes
Oct 25, 2017WA00Yes
Feb 16, 2017NV00Yes
Mar 11, 2015CA02Yes
Apr 24, 2014CA00Yes
Aug 27, 2013OK03Yes
Jul 19, 2013VA02Yes
Apr 29, 2013FL00Yes
May 10, 2011MS00Yes
Jan 1, 2010CA02Yes
Oct 15, 2009GA05Yes
Jul 23, 2009KS00Yes
May 12, 2009MD00Yes
Jun 28, 2008CA00Yes
Jun 13, 2008CA00Yes
Nov 30, 2006TX00Yes
Oct 7, 2004CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2004CA00Yes