Carrier profile · USDOT 3150435 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nel Corporation

146 power unitsavg 8 yrLocal · 1 statesMIDDLETON, MA87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 146-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
146
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 29 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 2 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20234034
20221011
20202012
20191011
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2025MA01Yes
Feb 21, 2025MA00Yes
Dec 8, 2023MA00Yes
Sep 11, 2023MA01Yes
May 12, 2023MA01Yes
Mar 6, 2023MA01Yes
Sep 6, 2022MA02Yes
Oct 29, 2020MA00Yes
Aug 19, 2020MA02Yes
Jul 13, 2019MA01Yes
Jul 12, 2018MA00Yes