Carrier profile · USDOT 108279 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

East Coast Metal Distributors LLC

DBA EAST COAST METAL DISTRIBUTORS

84 power unitsavg 3.9 yrRegional · 6 statesDURHAM, NC100/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 4.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 23 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 4

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 84-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 84
Inspections · 24 mo: 31
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

.16measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
376.11 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 60 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 35 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1	1
2022	2	0	0	2
2021	2	0	1	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	2	0	1	2
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	2	0	1	2
2010	2	1	2	2
2008	1	1	0	1
2006	2	0	1	2
2005	2	0	1	2
2004	2	0	1	2
2002	3	0	2	2
2001	1	0	0	1
2000	3	0	2	3
1999	2	0	2	2
1998	1	0	1	1
1993	1	0	1	1
1990	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 13, 2024	NC	0	1	Yes
Jun 1, 2022	TN	0	0	Yes
Feb 24, 2022	KY	0	0	Yes
Jul 16, 2021	NC	0	1	Yes
Jun 14, 2021	MO	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 2020	GA	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2019	TN	0	0	Yes
Mar 14, 2018	MO	0	0	Yes
Aug 3, 2016	KY	0	0	Yes
Mar 31, 2015	NC	0	2	Yes
Feb 10, 2015	NC	0	0	Yes
Apr 19, 2012	TN	0	0	Yes
Nov 14, 2011	MO	0	0	Yes
Apr 5, 2011	TN	0	1	Yes
Sep 2, 2010	SC	0	1	Yes
Jun 25, 2010	VA	1	1	Yes
May 5, 2008	NC	1	0	Yes
Sep 21, 2006	GA	0	1	Yes
Jun 14, 2006	NC	0	0	Yes
Dec 7, 2005	VA	0	1	Yes
Oct 13, 2005	TN	0	0	Yes
Jul 13, 2004	NC	0	0	Yes
Jun 3, 2004	GA	0	1	Yes
Dec 19, 2002	SC	0	1	No
Nov 26, 2002	GA	0	3	Yes