Best Cartage Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 13
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 64
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 178
- Annualized
- ≈89 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness5 · 5 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 136 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2024 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2024 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2023 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2023 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2022 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2022 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |