Carrier profile · USDOT 517113 · MC-251398 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

METRO COURIER INC

13 power unitsavg 3.7 yrLocal · 2 statesWICHITA, KS76/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-251398 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmetrodelivers.comFMCSA SAFER

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 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

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
20%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
6%
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.

  • 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

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242002
20231001
20217046
20205025
20193012
20182012
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2025KS01Yes
Jul 29, 2024KS00Yes
Jul 15, 2024KS00Yes
May 30, 2023KS00Yes
Nov 24, 2021TX01No
Sep 15, 2021MO01Yes
Aug 30, 2021MO00Yes
Aug 28, 2021MO01Yes
Mar 23, 2021MO00Yes
Feb 4, 2021TX01Yes
Jan 27, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 19, 2020MO00Yes
Aug 10, 2020MO01Yes
Jun 30, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2020TX03Yes
Jan 3, 2020MO00Yes
May 21, 2019TX01No
Feb 27, 2019OK00Yes
Feb 27, 2019OK00Yes
Dec 15, 2018KS01Yes
Aug 18, 2018KS00Yes
Apr 11, 2009NM01Yes