Carrier profile · USDOT 337828 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Costas Provisions Corp

32 power unitsavg 3.7 yrRegional · 5 statesBOSTON, MA82/100

AUTHORITY 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 12.5%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 33 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3

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 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 33
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

16%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

85%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

11%

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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
376.11 Other violationOther6 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 30, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	2	0	0	2
2020	1	0	0	1
2017	3	0	2	3
2015	2	1	0	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	0	1
2001	2	0	1	2
2000	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 24, 2025	MA	0	1	Yes
Oct 30, 2024	CT	0	0	Yes
Aug 1, 2023	MA	0	1	Yes
Aug 4, 2022	MA	0	0	Yes
Mar 22, 2022	MA	0	0	Yes
Jun 3, 2020	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 7, 2017	NH	0	2	Yes
May 11, 2017	MA	0	0	Yes
Apr 24, 2017	MA	0	3	Yes
Jul 7, 2015	MA	1	0	Yes
Jan 6, 2015	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 2013	MA	0	0	Yes
May 25, 2011	MA	0	0	Yes
Jul 22, 2008	MA	0	0	Yes
May 5, 2006	MA	0	1	Yes
Jul 20, 2004	MA	0	0	Yes
Sep 17, 2002	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2001	MA	0	1	Yes
Feb 23, 2001	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 13, 2000	CT	0	1	Yes