BEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC

Doing business as BEST WAY LOGISTICS

Elgin, IL · Interstate · 176 power units · Not rated · USDOT since Jul 20, 2009 (17 years)

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Operating authority
Active
MC715857: Motor carrier active
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Liability insurance (BI&PD)
$750,000
Required minimum: $750,000
No cargo cover filed with FMCSA
FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026
Vehicle out-of-service rate
19.6%
33 of 168 vehicle inspections · Illinois avg 24.1%
FMCSA inspections · Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

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Operating authority

MC715857 FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026

Motor carrier
Motor Carrier of Property (Except Household Goods)
Active
Liability insurance on file$750,000 (required: $750,000)

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Insurance on file

Liability (BI&PD) pays for injury and damage to other people and property; it does not cover the freight. Cargo insurance covers the freight. FMCSA only requires cargo filings from household goods carriers and freight forwarders, so most carriers file none: ask for a cargo certificate that fits your load. No cargo cover filed with FMCSA.

TypeDocketLayerInsurerCoverageEffectiveStatus
Liability (BI&PD)MC715857—MS Transverse Insurance Company
Policy TINCA7951504 · BMC-91X
$750,000Jun 2, 2026Active

Source: FMCSA Motus · Oct 19, 2026. Identical filings repeated in the FMCSA data are shown once; a filing listed under two dockets is one policy, not extra coverage. Coverage is the maximum amount filed with FMCSA, not the full policy.

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Roadside inspections Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

441inspections
19.6%vehicle out-of-service
33 of 168 · Illinois avg 24.1%
3.2%driver out-of-service
14 of 441 · Illinois avg 4.4%
394violations written on inspection reports
10 most recent inspections
DateStateLevelViolationsOut of service
Oct 14, 2026WI110Yes
Oct 13, 2026DE21Yes
Oct 12, 2026SD30No
Oct 10, 2026KS21No
Oct 9, 2026WI12Yes
Oct 8, 2026US10No
Oct 8, 2026MT22No
Oct 8, 2026MN31No
Oct 7, 2026MT21No
Oct 3, 2026NE30No
How these rates are calculated

Period: Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026. Vehicle rate = vehicle inspections with a vehicle out-of-service order ÷ vehicle inspections (levels 1, 2, 5 and 6). Driver rate uses levels 1, 2, 3 and 6. The Illinois average covers 195,384 vehicle and 387,932 driver inspections of all Illinois-based carriers in this period. It mixes every type of operation, so compare with care; rates based on a handful of inspections say little. FMCSA's own SMS measures are weighted differently: SMS profile ↗ · SAFER snapshot ↗

Violations in FMCSA's SMS last 24 months

303 violations counted in FMCSA's Safety Measurement System (SMS), 54 of them serious enough to put the driver or vehicle out of service.

Why is this different from the 394 violations above?

The inspections section's number counts every violation written on the inspection reports in our Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026 window. The SMS count comes from FMCSA's own monthly SMS snapshot, which uses its own 24-month window and only the violations it scores. Both are FMCSA figures; they measure different things.

Category (FMCSA BASIC)ViolationsOut of serviceShareIllinois share
Vehicle Maintenance1503649.5%60.9%
Unsafe Driving81126.7%19.8%
Hours-of-Service Compliance62920.5%14.8%
Driver Fitness1083.3%3.6%
10 most frequent violations
ViolationTimesOut of service
Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39355EB
200
State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit
Speeding 2 · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLS2
180
Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt
Brakes Out of Adjustment · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39347E
150
State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation
Misc Violations · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLLR
140
State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit
Speeding 4 · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLS4
120
Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear
Brakes All Others · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39353BB
120
Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS
Tires · Vehicle Maintenance · code 39375A3TAOL
1010
State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign light lane marking other
Dangerous Driving · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLTCD
100
State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit
Speeding 3 · Unsafe Driving · code 3922SLLS3
90
HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner
Other Log/Form & Manner · Hours-of-Service Compliance · code 39524
70

Source: FMCSA SMS violation file, inspections in the last 24 months, published Oct 19, 2026. "Share" is this company's mix of violations; the Illinois column is the mix across all Illinois-based carriers, so you can see which kinds of problems stand out. A high count partly reflects fleet size and how often trucks are inspected.

Crashes Oct 19, 2024 – Oct 19, 2026

16crashes
0fatal
4injury
12tow-away
10 most recent crashes
DateLocationFatalitiesInjuries
Oct 2, 2026Washington Township, PA00
Aug 29, 2026St. Paul, MN00
Mar 16, 2026Shenango Township, PA00
Mar 16, 2026Fort Wayne, IN00
Jan 28, 2026Tobaccoville, NC00
Nov 13, 2025Lyons Twp, IL00
Aug 20, 2025Hartford, CT00
Jul 21, 2025Westborough, MA01
Jun 13, 2025Sodus Twp, MI00
Jun 11, 2025Oxford, MA00

Reportable crashes do not imply the carrier was at fault.

Company details FMCSA census · Oct 19, 2026

USDOT number1916638
MC / docketMC715857
Legal nameBEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC
DBA nameBEST WAY LOGISTICS
OperationInterstate
Business type—
Power units176
Drivers182
Annual mileage18,900,000 (2026)
HazmatNo
Safety ratingNot rated (no compliance review on record)
USDOT number addedJul 20, 2009 · 17 years ago
Last MCS-150 updateAug 17, 2026

Cargo carried

General FreightU.S. MailPaper Products

Change history

No changes to name, contact details, authority or insurance since we started tracking on Oct 18, 2026. We compare every company's FMCSA record each day.

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Questions about BEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC

What does BEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC's operating authority allow?

MC715857: Motor carrier (may haul regulated property for hire).

Which information about BEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC is old or missing?

FMCSA has not issued a safety rating, which means no compliance review is on record, not that the carrier is unsafe.

What should I verify before booking BEST WAY LOGISTICS 1 INC?

Confirm the authority and insurance on the Motus record for USDOT 1916638. Call the company back on the phone number on file, (708) 234-8501, not a number from an email or load board message. Check that the MC number the dispatcher gave you matches MC715857, and ask the insurer for a certificate of insurance naming you as holder, with cargo coverage that fits your load.

Company details from the FMCSA Company Census File (Oct 19, 2026). Inspections and crashes from FMCSA MCMIS files. About our data · Report an error on this page (how corrections work).

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