Carrier profile · USDOT 185183 · MC-152406 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

J. S. Helwig & Son, L.l.c.

433 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 36 statesTERRELL, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152406 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksjshelwig.comFMCSA SAFER

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 20.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 368 vehicle and 821 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.8 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

797 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 48

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 433-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
433
Inspections · 24 mo
821
Annualized
≈411 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving305 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance122 · 105 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance50 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance23 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 450 total · 43 in 24 mo

450
Total crashes
43
In last 24 mo
15
Fatal
166
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269048
2025250725
2024230723
20233421133
20222801424
2021170415
2020170217
2019181518
2018281726
2017100210
2016151314
2015101310
2014180418
2013120512
2012120210
20117017
20108148
20095115
20085015
20054024
2004130611
20031801216
20028046
2001161714
2000112610
19999139
1998120811
19976036
1996121912
1995111710
1994141514
19936035
19928035
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026KS01Yes
Apr 23, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 2, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 29, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 11, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 22, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 20, 2026VA01No
Feb 14, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 11, 2026OH01Yes
Dec 19, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 9, 2025MA00Yes
Oct 28, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 21, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 18, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 13, 2025AR01Yes
Aug 29, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 13, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 13, 2025NE00Yes
Jul 5, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 20, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 13, 2025IN01Yes
May 25, 2025AR00Yes
May 10, 2025MO00Yes
May 6, 2025LA02Yes
May 5, 2025OK01Yes