Carrier profile · USDOT 1145130 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Metro Trailer Leasing Inc

DBA METRO TRAILER

74 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesPELHAM, AL81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksmetrotrailer.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 24.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 45 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 16.1 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 8

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 74-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
74
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Maintenance24 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 9 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20256006
20232002
20222002
20211001
20205015
20191011
20181001
20171011
20161011
20152002
20141001
20101001
20091001
20081001
20061011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 15, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2026FL00Yes
Dec 30, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 9, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 7, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 19, 2023AL00Yes
Jan 6, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 27, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 17, 2022GA00Yes
Apr 28, 2021GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2020AL01Yes
Jun 3, 2020VA00Yes
Mar 27, 2020GA00Yes
Feb 28, 2020GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2020GA00Yes
Jul 16, 2019GA01Yes
May 17, 2018GA00Yes
Jul 21, 2017AL01Yes
Mar 4, 2016GA01Yes
Feb 12, 2015GA00Yes
Feb 12, 2015GA00Yes