Carrier profile · USDOT 17082 · MC-161651 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

R Helfrich and Son Corp

DBA R HELFRICH AND SON INC

0 power unitsavg 13.6 yrLocal · 2 statesKEANSBURG, NJ100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161651 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%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 18.2 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

official FMCSA

72%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

official FMCSA

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.

390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.67 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 56 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 62 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	3	0	2	3
2021	3	0	2	3
2019	4	0	2	4
2018	2	0	1	1
2017	4	0	1	3
2016	2	1	1	2
2015	2	0	1	1
2014	3	0	1	3
2013	4	0	2	4
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	4	0	2	3
2009	3	0	1	3
2008	4	0	0	4
2007	5	0	3	4
2005	4	0	1	4
2003	4	0	2	4
2002	3	0	2	2
2001	1	0	1	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1998	2	0	2	2
1997	1	0	1	1
1996	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Dec 4, 2023	NJ	0	2	Yes
Jun 27, 2022	NJ	0	1	Yes
Mar 28, 2022	NY	0	1	Yes
Feb 22, 2022	NJ	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2021	NJ	0	1	Yes
Jun 15, 2021	NJ	0	0	Yes
Mar 3, 2021	NJ	0	1	Yes
Oct 18, 2019	NJ	0	0	Yes
Aug 27, 2019	NJ	0	0	Yes
May 14, 2019	NJ	0	1	Yes
Feb 20, 2019	NJ	0	3	Yes
Dec 14, 2018	NJ	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2018	NJ	0	1	No
Oct 16, 2017	NJ	0	0	Yes
Sep 15, 2017	NJ	0	0	Yes
May 10, 2017	NJ	0	1	No
Mar 1, 2017	NJ	0	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2016	NJ	1	3	Yes
Jun 8, 2016	NJ	0	0	Yes
Oct 23, 2015	NJ	0	1	No
Apr 17, 2015	NJ	0	0	Yes
Oct 13, 2014	NJ	0	3	Yes
Jun 11, 2014	NJ	0	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2014	NJ	0	0	Yes
Dec 6, 2013	NJ	0	0	Yes