Carrier profile · USDOT 1916638 · MC-715857 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Best Way Logistics 1 Inc

176 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 42 statesELGIN, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-715857 ACTIVE
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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 20.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 170 vehicle and 456 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.8% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 14.2 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

443 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 28

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 176-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
176
Inspections · 24 mo
456
Annualized
≈228 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving158 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 37 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance34 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

63ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
15False logs
23Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 87 total · 15 in 24 mo

87
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20257027
20249049
20236006
2022130413
20219049
20205015
20196116
20187016
20176116
20163003
20156026
20145015
20131001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 16, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 28, 2026NC00Yes
Nov 13, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2025CT00Yes
Jul 21, 2025MA01Yes
Jun 13, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 11, 2025MA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 2, 2025NY01Yes
Dec 22, 2024PA01Yes
Dec 19, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 14, 2024FL01Yes
Oct 24, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 30, 2024IL01Yes
Jul 31, 2024TX00Yes
May 20, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 23, 2024SD00Yes
Dec 18, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 19, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 18, 2023TN00Yes
Jun 21, 2023TN00Yes
May 23, 2023IL00Yes
Apr 12, 2023NJ00Yes