Carrier profile · USDOT 631941 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Best Way Disposal Inc

DBA BEST WAY DISPOSAL

140 power unitsavg 4.6 yrLocal · 1 statesKALAMAZOO, MI74/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 40.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 15.0 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 2

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
0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 140-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
140
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
6 / yr
Coverage
0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 19 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 80 total · 7 in 24 mo

80
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20245005
20237017
20226006
20211101
20203003
20195025
20183013
20173003
20164014
20155025
20144014
20133003
20123103
20082002
20076105
20061001
20055025
20044024
20032011
20011010
20001010
19971010
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 10, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 8, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 13, 2024MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 7, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 2, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 29, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 18, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 2, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2023MI01Yes
Jul 12, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 4, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 23, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 29, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2022MI00Yes
Aug 18, 2022MI00Yes
Aug 17, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 17, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 9, 2021MI10Yes
Nov 12, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 2, 2020MI00Yes