METEOR EXPRESS INC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 10
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 47
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 131
- Annualized
- ≈66 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 103 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2026 | TN | 2 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2023 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2023 | KY | 0 | 2 | No |
| Nov 17, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2022 | GA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2022 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 25, 2021 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2021 | FL | 0 | 6 | Yes |
| May 12, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2021 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 6, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2020 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2019 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |