Carrier profile · USDOT 675177 · MC-1515514 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Best Express Foods Inc

36 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 2 statesSTOCKTON, CA100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1515514 ACTIVE
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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 1.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.2 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

31%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.1measure
SMS · per-BASIC
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving23 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20232022
20183003
20162102
20121011
20111011
20081001
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 25, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 29, 2023CA01Yes
Mar 9, 2023CA01Yes
Sep 27, 2018CA00Yes
Aug 28, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2018CA00Yes
May 27, 2016CA20Yes
May 18, 2016CA00Yes
Jan 5, 2012CA01Yes
Feb 4, 2011CA01Yes
Oct 3, 2008CA00Yes
Jul 25, 2002CA00Yes