Carrier profile · USDOT 436103 · MC-223136 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nichols Trucking Co Inc

17 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMIDDLEBORO, MA100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-223136 ACTIVERATED 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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

≈0.2 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 17-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: 17
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

29%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 20, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 26 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	2	0	0	2
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	1	1
2016	5	1	1	5
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	2	0	0	2
2013	2	0	1	2
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2002	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	2	0	1	1
1994	2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 21, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Dec 28, 2019	MA	0	0	Yes
Mar 11, 2019	MA	0	0	Yes
May 18, 2018	NJ	0	0	Yes
Apr 23, 2017	MA	0	1	Yes
Dec 3, 2016	NJ	0	0	Yes
Nov 10, 2016	MA	0	0	Yes
Nov 3, 2016	NJ	0	0	Yes
Jul 2, 2016	CT	1	9	Yes
Mar 15, 2016	RI	0	0	Yes
Aug 15, 2015	NJ	0	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2014	RI	0	0	Yes
Sep 11, 2014	RI	0	0	Yes
Nov 23, 2013	NH	0	4	Yes
Feb 7, 2013	RI	0	0	Yes
Mar 13, 2012	MA	0	2	Yes
Nov 1, 2011	CT	0	0	Yes
Feb 6, 2008	NH	0	0	Yes
Oct 15, 2004	RI	0	1	Yes
Jul 8, 2004	MA	0	0	Yes
Jan 29, 2002	MA	0	1	Yes
Oct 15, 2000	CT	0	1	Yes
Oct 1, 1999	MA	0	0	Yes
Aug 18, 1999	CT	0	1	No
Oct 26, 1994	NH	0	0	Yes