Carrier profile · USDOT 1954769 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Best Trash LLC

237 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 1 statesRICHMOND, TX74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksbesttrashtexas.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 34.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 25.4 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 237-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
237
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0measure
SMS · per-BASIC
88%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 33 total · 7 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253031
20244023
20234023
20222012
20213012
20202022
20194013
20184023
20171011
20151011
20142021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 22, 2026TX01Yes
May 22, 2026TX00Yes
Oct 11, 2025TX01No
Aug 14, 2025TX01No
Apr 18, 2025TX03Yes
Aug 17, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 7, 2024TX01No
Aug 1, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 3, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2023TX01No
Aug 30, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2023TX03Yes
May 6, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 21, 2022TX02Yes
Jan 17, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 23, 2021TX01No
Jul 12, 2021TX00Yes
Mar 30, 2020TX02Yes
Jan 15, 2020TX01Yes
Dec 18, 2019TX01No
Dec 9, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 26, 2019TX00Yes
May 1, 2019TX00Yes