Carrier profile · USDOT 3058638 · MC-53910 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Best Way Logistics Inc

38 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 22 statesWEST CHESTER, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-53910 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksbwlogisticsinc.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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 101 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 17.4 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 12

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 38-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
38
Inspections · 24 mo
101
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
27%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 10 total · 6 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20253013
20241001
20231001
20212012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 6, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 29, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 11, 2026MO00Yes
Oct 31, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 9, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 13, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 9, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 15, 2023NV00Yes
Dec 9, 2021MA00Yes
Jul 2, 2021ME01Yes