Carrier profile · USDOT 712419 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Metropolitan Foods Inc

DBA DRISCOLL FOODS

221 power unitsavg 4.8 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWAYNE, NJ94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksdriscollfoods.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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 129 vehicle and 235 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 5.4 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

227 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 19

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 221-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
221
Inspections · 24 mo
235
Annualized
≈118 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving154 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. 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
0Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 90 total · 6 in 24 mo

90
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
38
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253012
20244034
20232021
20229048
20216044
20208037
20195035
2018100210
201710049
20166035
20157047
20141001
20133023
20124014
20103003
20091001
20084024
20071001
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026CT00Yes
Apr 13, 2026NJ00Yes
Sep 3, 2025NY00Yes
Jul 11, 2025NJ00Yes
Feb 25, 2025NJ01No
Aug 21, 2024MA00Yes
Jul 26, 2024NJ01Yes
Jul 5, 2024NJ02Yes
Mar 7, 2024NJ01Yes
Aug 14, 2023MD02No
Aug 9, 2023NY01Yes
Oct 5, 2022PA02Yes
Sep 20, 2022NY02Yes
Sep 20, 2022NJ00Yes
Aug 4, 2022NY00Yes
Jul 13, 2022NJ01No
Jul 8, 2022NJ00Yes
Apr 5, 2022NJ00Yes
Mar 22, 2022NY00Yes
Mar 3, 2022MD01Yes
Dec 7, 2021NJ00Yes
Nov 11, 2021NY01Yes
Nov 9, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 7, 2021PA01Yes
Sep 17, 2021NY01No