Carrier profile · USDOT 589562 · MC-284979 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Best Overnite Express Inc

189 power unitsavg 10.4 yrRegional · 5 statesIRWINDALE, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-284979 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 216 vehicle and 260 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 2.9 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

252 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 21

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 189-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
189
Inspections · 24 mo
264
Annualized
132 / yr
Coverage
0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 95 total · 4 in 24 mo

95
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
35
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20243013
20236046
20222002
20215015
20201011
20183022
20173013
20163003
20153013
20147027
20135015
20122012
20119139
20104024
20096026
20081011
20074004
20064014
20056036
20045015
20032012
20024042
19981011
19972002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 29, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 21, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 31, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 12, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 13, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 19, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 22, 2024CA02Yes
Dec 7, 2023CA01Yes
Nov 11, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 11, 2023CA02Yes
Sep 1, 2023CA01Yes
Jul 3, 2023CA01Yes
Jan 5, 2023CA00Yes
Aug 3, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 27, 2022CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 18, 2021CA01Yes
Oct 19, 2021CA00Yes
Jul 12, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 23, 2021CA00Yes
Oct 28, 2020CA02Yes
Nov 7, 2018CA01No
Oct 8, 2018CA01Yes
Jun 28, 2018CA00Yes
Dec 6, 2017CA00Yes