Carrier profile · USDOT 223377 · MC-162820 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Best Way Express Inc

DBA BESTWAY EXPRESS INC

138 power unitsavg 8 yrNational · 16 statesVINCENNES, IN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-162820 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbestwayexpress.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 41.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 134 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 21.8 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 138-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
138
Inspections · 24 mo
134
Annualized
≈67 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 32 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
6False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 285 total · 15 in 24 mo

285
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
105
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266046
20258028
20246016
20235034
20227027
20214024
20209029
2019160416
20188138
20177017
20167035
2015120112
20147007
20134024
2012121312
201110159
2010101510
20098018
2008120312
2007110210
2006131612
20058147
2004130113
2003141714
200210159
20018047
20007045
19998247
199810187
19975034
19964034
19953012
19946026
19933032
19922012
19911000
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026MO01Yes
May 14, 2026KY00Yes
May 8, 2026KY03Yes
Feb 27, 2026MO02Yes
Feb 17, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 29, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 10, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 4, 2025KY02Yes
Nov 12, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 29, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 15, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 14, 2025IN01Yes
Feb 18, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 19, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 12, 2024KY00Yes
May 28, 2024KY00Yes
Jan 23, 2024IN01Yes
Jan 19, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 30, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 19, 2023KY00Yes
May 16, 2023IN01No
May 3, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 27, 2023IN01Yes