Carrier profile · USDOT 3059828 · MC-54546 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Metro Motor Towing Inc

DBA METRO MOTOR TOWING

16 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 4 statesWASHINGTON, DC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-54546 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksmetromotor.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 39.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 26.2 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 6

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 61 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 9 total · 4 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20241010
20231001
20222002
20211011
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 26, 2026MD01Yes
Jul 31, 2025DC00Yes
Apr 2, 2025DC00Yes
Oct 4, 2024DC02No
Sep 24, 2023DC00Yes
Dec 8, 2022DC00Yes
Dec 8, 2022DC00Yes
Dec 19, 2021DC01Yes
Nov 3, 2020DC00Yes