Carrier profile · USDOT 2152122 · MC-748323 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BEST EXPRESS TRANSPORTATION LLC

DBA BEST EXPRESS

59 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 24 statesEL PASO, TX82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-748323 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 20.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 175 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · 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 9.2 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

166 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 17

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 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
175
Annualized
≈88 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
87%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving73 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness15 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

50ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 29 total · 7 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255024
20243013
20232111
20226006
20213013
20202012
20191001
20173013
20161001
20151001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026TX00Yes
Jul 12, 2025NM01Yes
May 28, 2025GA01No
Apr 5, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 6, 2024VA00Yes
Apr 13, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 12, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 13, 2023FL01Yes
Aug 6, 2023VA10No
Dec 16, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 11, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 29, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 11, 2022OH00Yes
Feb 4, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 9, 2021TX00Yes
May 13, 2021LA02Yes
Apr 30, 2021FL00Yes
Jul 22, 2020AR02Yes
Jan 29, 2020OK00Yes
Jan 8, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2017LA02Yes
Mar 3, 2017MI00Yes