Carrier profile · USDOT 817211 · MC-829224 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Metro Motor Sales Inc

DBA PAT'S SERVICE CENTER

12 power unitsavg 7.8 yrLocal · 1 statesWORCESTER, MA74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-829224 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 77.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 14 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 7.2 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

13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2

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 12-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 12
Inspections · 24 mo: 14
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

39%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

93%

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2024	1	0	1
2011	3	0	3
2010	1	1	0
2009	2	2	1
2008	1	0	1
2006	1	1	1
2001	1	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 26, 2024	MA	0	Yes
Jul 5, 2011	MA	0	Yes
Mar 6, 2011	MA	0	Yes
Feb 15, 2011	MA	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2010	MA	1	No
Aug 29, 2009	MA	1	No
May 1, 2009	MA	1	Yes
Dec 24, 2008	MA	0	Yes
Dec 23, 2006	MA	1	Yes
Mar 27, 2001	MA	1	Yes