Carrier profile · USDOT 2379727 · MC-817206 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Best 3 Logistics Inc

58 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 24 statesWILLOWBROOK, IL81/100
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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 29.1%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 — 55 vehicle and 124 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
124
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving61 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 9 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20258117
20241001
20223023
20212002
20203003
20182002
20172002
20162011
20153003
20142002
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2026WI01Yes
Dec 31, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 11, 2025CT00Yes
Oct 9, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 29, 2025NJ10No
Aug 17, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 7, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 27, 2025TN00Yes
May 8, 2025PA00Yes
May 22, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 22, 2022IL02Yes
Dec 20, 2022IL01Yes
Jun 7, 2022KY00Yes
Sep 29, 2021MD00Yes
Sep 20, 2021KY00Yes
Dec 5, 2020NC00Yes
Oct 10, 2020OH00Yes
Mar 30, 2020IA00Yes
Nov 14, 2018IN00Yes
Mar 28, 2018WV00Yes
Jun 29, 2017SD00Yes
Feb 1, 2017VA00Yes
Jul 6, 2016OH02No
Feb 2, 2016WI00Yes
Sep 2, 2015IN00Yes