Carrier profile · USDOT 2201313 · MC-775072 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HES TRANS INC

26 power unitsavg 10.4 yrNational · 21 statesPASSAIC, NJ56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-775072 INACTIVE
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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 43.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

52.4% · 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 39.7 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

77 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
37%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
11%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
81%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 18 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

35ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 5 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20244014
20235145
20227007
20214124
20202012
20192002
20183003
20171001
20162012
20155115
20145015
20133013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 1, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 9, 2025PA01Yes
Feb 27, 2025ME00Yes
Sep 18, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 8, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 2, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 19, 2024NY01Yes
Dec 20, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 31, 2023VA01Yes
Mar 1, 2023MA01Yes
Feb 28, 2023NC12Yes
Feb 22, 2023PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2022VT00Yes
Nov 18, 2022PA00Yes
May 15, 2022NJ00Yes
Mar 12, 2022WV00Yes
Mar 9, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 9, 2022AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2021SC21Yes
Aug 2, 2021FL02Yes
Jul 10, 2021PA00Yes
Jun 4, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 4, 2020PA00Yes
Feb 28, 2020TN01Yes