Carrier profile · USDOT 2205609 · MC-765317 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

R and K Logistics LLC

186 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 16 statesBETHLEHEM, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-765317 ACTIVE
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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 8.2%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 — 196 vehicle and 314 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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 2.9 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

306 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 21

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 186-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
186
Inspections · 24 mo
314
Annualized
≈157 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 43 total · 3 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
22
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20242002
20233013
20222022
20214024
20203133
20191001
20186045
20172012
20166026
20155035
20143023
20124023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 28, 2026MD00Yes
Nov 1, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 6, 2024MD00Yes
Aug 31, 2023MD01Yes
Aug 4, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 15, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2022NY06Yes
Sep 13, 2022VA01Yes
Dec 17, 2021DE01Yes
Nov 3, 2021NC01Yes
May 18, 2021PA00Yes
Feb 2, 2021VA00Yes
Nov 2, 2020NC01Yes
Sep 8, 2020ME01Yes
Jun 17, 2020NY11Yes
Dec 16, 2019NC00Yes
Dec 11, 2018NY00Yes
Oct 5, 2018MD00Yes
May 18, 2018NJ01Yes
May 10, 2018NC01No
May 8, 2018VA02Yes
Feb 26, 2018NJ02Yes
Oct 5, 2017NJ01Yes
Apr 7, 2017NY00Yes