Carrier profile · USDOT 3146341 · MC-102328 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

METEOR LOGISTICS LLC

78 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 29 statesMORTON GROVE, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-102328 ACTIVE
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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 41.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 163 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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

159 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 14

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 78-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
163
Annualized
≈82 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 26 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 9 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255025
20243013
20231001
20223013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 15, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 6, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2025PA02Yes
Sep 18, 2025NY01Yes
Aug 8, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 15, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 15, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 8, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 24, 2024IN01Yes
Oct 16, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 23, 2022AZ00Yes
Jul 8, 2022MO00Yes
Mar 9, 2022CO01Yes