Carrier profile · USDOT 76209 · MC-186924 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Ace Hardware Corporation

DBA A H C TRUCKING CO

679 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 49 statesOAK BROOK, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-186924 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 10.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,014 vehicle and 1,625 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.8% · 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 2.2 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

1,600 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 110

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 679-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
679
Inspections · 24 mo
1,637
Annualized
≈819 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving407 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance120 · 26 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance85 · 65 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance71 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 15 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance55 · 28 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance31 · 9 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

120 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

58ELD device issues
15No log / no ELD
5False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 604 total · 48 in 24 mo

604
Total crashes
48
In last 24 mo
16
Fatal
215
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026141514
2025211619
20242901028
20232801025
2022290629
2021301830
2020243824
2019250824
2018220421
2017160516
2016281427
2015211621
2014191519
2013202820
2012210921
2011140314
2010190717
2009160515
2008140614
2007130813
2006170616
20052731126
2004141513
2003140614
2002110610
20016026
2000220720
199911069
19981201012
1997131711
19964024
19958037
199412089
19934014
19923032
19912012
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026WV00Yes
Jun 25, 2026TN00Yes
May 15, 2026GA02Yes
May 11, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 27, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 17, 2026MA00Yes
Mar 31, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 18, 2026MA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MI02Yes
Feb 26, 2026PA21Yes
Feb 23, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 19, 2026AR01Yes
Jan 28, 2026NM01Yes
Jan 20, 2026WY00Yes
Dec 31, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 4, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 25, 2025MN01Yes
Nov 20, 2025WA10Yes
Nov 8, 2025FL02Yes
Nov 6, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 4, 2025AZ01Yes
Oct 14, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 14, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 4, 2025GA01No