Carrier profile · USDOT 442580 · MC-302744 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ahrens Contracting Inc

21 power unitsavg 10.2 yrLocal · 2 statesSAINT LOUIS, MO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-302744 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksahrenscontracting.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 10.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 9.2 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 2

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 6, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251010
20211001
20201001
20181001
20171001
20162012
20151001
20141001
20131011
20101011
20082012
20062012
20051001
20001001
19991011
19972012
19951011
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 20, 2025IL01No
Sep 3, 2021MO00Yes
Sep 28, 2020MO00Yes
Jan 24, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 20, 2017IL00Yes
Dec 9, 2016MO00Yes
Sep 26, 2016MO01Yes
Dec 11, 2015IL00Yes
May 6, 2014IL00Yes
Sep 30, 2013IL01Yes
Mar 6, 2010MO01Yes
Jun 9, 2008MO00Yes
Jan 31, 2008MO03Yes
Sep 26, 2006IL01Yes
Sep 7, 2006IL00Yes
Oct 28, 2005MO00Yes
Apr 11, 2000MO00Yes
Mar 4, 1999MO02Yes
Dec 11, 1997MO01Yes
Mar 13, 1997MO00Yes
Jul 11, 1995MO02Yes
Feb 6, 1992MO01Yes