Carrier profile · USDOT 2178221 · MC-756420 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Best Bay Trucking Corporation

44 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 23 statesWILMINGTON, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-756420 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbestbaytrucking.comFMCSA SAFER

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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

47.8% · 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 24.1 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

229 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 52

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
44
Inspections · 24 mo
233
Annualized
≈117 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
82%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving75 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance31 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 12 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

65 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

25ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
26False logs
6Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 7 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255015
20246036
20222002
20213003
20202002
20196016
20182112
20171001
20161001
20152012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 8, 2025NJ00Yes
Apr 16, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 5, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 31, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 25, 2024CA02Yes
Jun 6, 2024NM01Yes
May 23, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 31, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 16, 2024OH02Yes
Apr 12, 2022CA00Yes
Jan 12, 2022NV00Yes
Aug 24, 2021NV00Yes
May 3, 2021CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 30, 2020CA00Yes
Apr 9, 2020CA00Yes
Aug 5, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 3, 2019CA00Yes
Jun 1, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 8, 2019CA00Yes
Feb 1, 2019CA02Yes
Jan 24, 2019CA00Yes
May 25, 2018CA10Yes