Carrier profile · USDOT 517113 · MC-251398 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

METRO COURIER INC

13 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 2 statesWICHITA, KS76/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-251398 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

13Power units

24 observed · MCS-150

—Trailers seen

None observed · 24 mo

3.7Avg age (yr)

2019–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(316) 522-8008 Email dispatchrandy@metrodelivers.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Established 33 yearsOut-of-service rates below national averageNo active operating authority

Watch · 2

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Multiple injury crashes10 crashes involving injuries are on record.

In good standing · 2

Established 33 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1993.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 89 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo0.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

1 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

13 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.7 yr

Model years 2019–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

33 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1993 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

51 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 51 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.6 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 51
Annualized: ≈26 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 10 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

United States’94–’99

Nationwide Comp’14–’18

1994200220102018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY · since Nov 2025

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
AMALGAMATED CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2024 → Nov 2025	$1M	1
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2023 → Nov 2024	$1M	4
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2022 → Apr 2023	$750K	2
ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2022 → Apr 2023	$1M	2
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2020 → Mar 2022	$1M	1
UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2020 → Mar 2020	$1M	1
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2018 → Jan 2020	$1M	2
NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMP	Oct 2014 → Jan 2018	$1M	2
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2014 → Oct 2014	$1M	1
EMCASCO INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2012 → Feb 2014	$1M	2
EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	Jan 2002 → Jan 2002	$1M	2
NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	Nov 1999 → Jan 2002	$1M	1
UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	Jun 1994 → Dec 1999	$1M	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 13
Observed power (24 mo): 24
Trailers (towed): 0

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.7 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

2019

Oldest model yr

50.0%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

KS busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

WICHITA, KS

4949 LULU CT

Top corridor

KS 48 · OK 3

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4518499Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (16 trucks · 24 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 838301 USDOT 2426076 USDOT 2839434 USDOT 4299082 USDOT 4389655 USDOT 366136 USDOT 381458 USDOT 1131141

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@metrodelivers.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 3864449

Shares a company officer with other carriers

james oberwortmann — 2 carriers: USDOT 3864449

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 4949 LULU CT, WICHITA, KS, 67216
Mailing address: PO BOX 175, WICHITA, KS, 67201
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (316) 522-8008
Cell: (316) 841-7014
Fax: (316) 522-0065
Email: randy@metrodelivers.com
Web domain: metrodelivers.com

Registration

Officer: James Oberwortmann
USDOT / docket: 517113 · MC-251398
First registered: Mar 18, 1993
Last MCS-150: Mar 28, 2025 · 3,200,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 7, 2014
D-U-N-S: 154102602

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

3,200,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for METRO COURIER INC.

METRO COURIER INC (USDOT 517113) has a Vektor safety score of 76/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 25, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 25, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from FORGE INSURANCE COMPANY effective Nov 18, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 25, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 0.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 25, 2026.

The carrier received 51 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 33 vehicle-level and 51 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 25, 2026.

The carrier has 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 25, 2026.

It reports 13 power units and 17 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 28, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 7, 2014 in the federal record refreshed Jul 25, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is METRO COURIER INC's USDOT number?

METRO COURIER INC's USDOT number is 517113, and its motor carrier number is MC-251398.

Is METRO COURIER INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 25, 2026, METRO COURIER INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is METRO COURIER INC's safety record?

METRO COURIER INC has a 0.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 89 roadside inspections, with 1 reportable crash in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 76/100 (tier: review).