BESTMARK EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 14
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 37
- Annualized
- ≈19 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 60 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2026 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2025 | OK | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 8, 2025 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2021 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2021 | MS | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2020 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2020 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2020 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 18, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2019 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2019 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2019 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 21, 2018 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2017 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2016 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |