Carrier profile · USDOT 164829 · MC-1156621 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Costa Fruit&produce Co

34 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 6 statesBOSTON, MA70/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-1156621 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 5.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 7

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

≈1.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 34-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 34
Inspections · 24 mo: 80
Annualized: ≈40 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

66%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

41%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

89%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

39%

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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 2 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 3 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
392.4 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

4No log / no ELD

6False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	0	2
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	1	1
2016	3	0	1	2
2014	4	0	1	4
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	3	0	1	3
2009	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	0	1
2001	1	0	0	1
1999	2	1	2	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 8, 2026	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 12, 2025	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 25, 2023	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2023	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 6, 2022	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 26, 2021	ME	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2019	MA	0	1	Yes
Sep 6, 2016	MA	0	1	No
Aug 24, 2016	RI	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2016	ME	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2014	NH	0	0	Yes
Apr 12, 2014	ME	0	0	Yes
Apr 4, 2014	MA	0	0	Yes
Mar 28, 2014	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 17, 2012	MA	0	2	Yes
Nov 19, 2010	MA	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2010	MA	0	1	Yes
Sep 15, 2010	MA	0	0	Yes
Sep 9, 2009	NH	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2006	RI	0	0	Yes
Mar 5, 2001	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 6, 1999	RI	1	1	Yes
Feb 22, 1999	ME	0	1	No