Carrier profile · USDOT 3885269 · MC-1426689 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MET EXPRESS INC

325 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 29 statesTONTITOWN, AR81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1426689 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 24.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 309 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.1 pts 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

283 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 23

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 325-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
325
Inspections · 24 mo
309
Annualized
≈155 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving192 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance65 · 61 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

81 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

57ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 55 total · 20 in 24 mo

55
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264134
2025120812
2024140513
2023151915
2022100210
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026NJ01Yes
Apr 15, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 8, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 8, 2026IN11Yes
Dec 10, 2025PA01Yes
Nov 29, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 2, 2025NJ08Yes
Oct 30, 2025PA01Yes
Oct 14, 2025DE02Yes
Aug 6, 2025NJ01Yes
Jul 29, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 24, 2025NJ00Yes
Feb 27, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025MA01Yes
Feb 5, 2025NJ02Yes
Jan 13, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2024NY00Yes
Dec 1, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 27, 2024PA01Yes
Aug 15, 2024PA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024NC01No
May 30, 2024CT01Yes
Apr 15, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 7, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 4, 2024PA01Yes