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Company CheckBESTWAY XPRESS INC · DOT 853385

DOT# 853385 MC# MC-242540 Griffith, Indiana

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

None on file

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

1 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Insurance 1

Current
No active insurance on file.

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Other Companies at This Address

Address312 W 35TH AVE, GRIFFITH, IN 46319

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
EASTERN EXPRESS INC	162408	Sign in	Active
BESTWAY XPRESS INC this company	853385	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC242540

CommonInactive

ContractInactive

BrokerNot Active

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

AmountNone on file

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/03/2026

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusInactive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

MCS-15006/2006

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	280130	$1,000,000	06/21/1994	03/31/1995	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	456008	$1,000,000	05/13/2004	02/01/2005	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL BEN FRANKLIN INSURANCE CO. OF ILL.	IMD 94 51 04	$0	04/01/1994	02/01/1999	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	TK U000231	$1,000,000	03/31/1995	01/26/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	484820	$750,000	02/01/2009	09/03/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	479136	$750,000	02/01/2008	02/01/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	474482	$750,000	02/01/2007	02/01/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	465111	$750,000	02/01/2006	02/01/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	456145	$1,000,000	02/01/2005	02/01/2006	Cancelled
34	CARGO	HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	83 MS RY6244	$0	02/01/2004	04/01/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	456008	$1,000,000	02/01/2004	02/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	456008	$1,000,000	02/01/2004	05/13/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	378364	$1,000,000	02/01/2003	02/01/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	377968	$1,000,000	02/01/2002	02/01/2003	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	346422	$1,000,000	02/01/2001	02/01/2002	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT660140D9412TIL00	$0	02/01/2000	02/29/2004	Cancelled
34	CARGO	TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CO. OF AMERICA	QT660140D9412TIL00	$0	02/01/2000	02/01/2004	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	346145	$1,000,000	02/01/2000	02/01/2001	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	IMP8176670	$0	02/01/1999	02/01/2000	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF CONNECTICUT	TPA100261	$1,000,000	01/22/1997	02/01/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH INSURANCE CO.	TRK 8521654-00	$1,000,000	01/22/1996	01/26/1997	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/25/1994
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/25/1994
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2004
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/23/2004
MC242540	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/20/1992	REVOKED	09/09/2009
MC242540	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	03/20/1992	REVOKED	09/09/2009
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/07/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/25/2008
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/07/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/25/2008
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2009
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2009
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/19/2007
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/19/2007
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/24/2006
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/24/2006
MC242540	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2005
MC242540	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/05/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2005

No revocation records.

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20/100

Poor

NOT VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 20

−25

−15

−10

Starts at 100−80 totalFinal 20

Not active with FMCSA−25

No insurance or bond on file−25

No active operating authority−15

MCS-150 update overdue−10

Operating history unknown−3

No email address on file−2

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

USDOT registration is not active (inactive, revoked, or pending).

Authorized for hire

No active for-hire or broker authority on file.

Active insurance on file

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-25

Not active with FMCSA FAILS VERIFICATION

FMCSA does not show an active USDOT registration / operating authority.

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-15

No active operating authority FAILS VERIFICATION

No active for-hire (common/contract) or broker authority on file.

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

-2

No email address on file

No public email address on record.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

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