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Motor carrier · USDOT 947115

JAMES E BEST, Cottonwood, CA: USDOT 947115 safety record, inspections, out-of-service, crashes

JAMES E BEST among Shasta County carriers

By power units, JAMES E BEST is number 491 of 1,450 Shasta County carriers, level with 959 that also file 1; the county’s middle fleet is 1 power unit.

JAMES E BEST (doing business as JAMES BEST TRUCKING), USDOT 947115, MCS-150 filed January 15, 2024: 1 power unit (1 truck), 1 driver (1 with a CDL), 80,000 miles in 2023; Cottonwood, CA 96022, Shasta County; active on the census; Intrastate Non-Hazmat Carriers; no hazardous materials; not rated by FMCSA; hauls Logs, Poles, Beams, Lumber, Other, General Freight; registered April 12, 2001.

Crashes on file by year: 2006: 2.

  • May 15, 2006, Unincorporated, CA: 0 deaths, 0 injuries, towed away.
  • May 15, 2006, Unincorporated, CA: 0 deaths, 0 injuries, towed away.

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Roadside inspections

Velarion’s copy of the inspection file holds no inspection for USDOT 947115.

Crashes

DateFiled byCityFatalitiesInjuriesTowed awayHazmat released
May 15, 2006CAUnincorporated00Yes
May 15, 2006CAUnincorporated00Yes

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Figures from the FMCSA Company Census File, loaded October 15, 2026, and FMCSA’s inspection and crash files.

How this page was built: FMCSA Company Census File, read October 15, 2026.

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This public-records page covers USDOT 947115, the motor carrier JAMES E BEST of Cottonwood, CA, in Shasta County, with its Velarion copy of FMCSA safety, inspection and crash files. The figures listed are 1 power unit, 1 driver, 0 roadside inspections on file, 0 with an out-of-service order, and 2 crashes on file.