Carrier profile · USDOT 219186 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Boston Gas Company

DBA NATIONAL GRID

585 power unitsavg 6.8 yrLocal · 2 statesWALTHAM, MA88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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 Mar '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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 585-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 585
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

.06measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

16%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

10%

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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 28 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	0	0	2
2023	1	1	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	2	2
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	3	0	0	3
2014	2	0	0	2
2013	2	0	1	2
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	4	1	2	4
2010	4	0	2	2
2009	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 22, 2026	MA	0	0	Yes
Feb 24, 2026	MA	0	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2023	MA	2	4	Yes
Aug 25, 2022	MA	0	1	Yes
Mar 23, 2021	MA	0	1	Yes
Jun 17, 2020	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 1, 2019	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 2, 2019	MA	0	1	Yes
Feb 8, 2018	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 13, 2017	MA	0	0	Yes
Feb 21, 2017	MA	0	0	Yes
Feb 17, 2017	MA	0	0	Yes
Nov 6, 2014	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 10, 2014	MA	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 2013	MA	0	0	Yes
May 6, 2013	MA	0	1	Yes
Sep 14, 2012	MA	0	3	Yes
Oct 22, 2011	MA	0	0	Yes
Oct 11, 2011	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 12, 2011	MA	1	3	Yes
Jul 13, 2011	MA	0	1	Yes
Jun 2, 2010	MA	0	0	Yes
May 6, 2010	MA	0	1	No
Apr 30, 2010	MA	0	0	Yes
Mar 26, 2010	MA	0	1	No