Carrier profile · USDOT 677034 · MC-315839 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

METRO EXPRESS INC

DBA METRO EXPRESS

13 power unitsavg 5.7 yrLocal · 1 statesRANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-315839 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 21.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 5.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 3

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

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 13-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 16
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

.55measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

52%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

22%

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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2018	3	0	0	3
2017	1	1	0	1
2015	1	0	0	1
2011	2	0	0	2
2005	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	1	1
2002	1	0	1	0
2001	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 28, 2022	CA	0	0	Yes
Oct 8, 2018	KS	0	0	Yes
Oct 5, 2018	CA	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2018	CA	0	0	Yes
May 27, 2017	CA	1	0	Yes
Oct 9, 2015	CA	0	0	Yes
Feb 2, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
Jan 11, 2011	CA	0	0	Yes
May 10, 2005	CA	0	2	Yes
Jan 8, 2003	CA	0	1	Yes
Dec 13, 2002	CA	0	1	No
Jan 10, 2001	CA	0	0	Yes