Carrier profile · USDOT 801784 · MC-356987 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Gerken Leasing Company Limited

238 power unitsavg 11.7 yrRegional · 3 statesNAPOLEON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-356987 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksgerkenpaving.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 0.0%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 — 8 vehicle and 15 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 65.4 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 May '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 238-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
238
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 172.519 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 44 total · 4 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20245045
20233023
20223003
20212002
20202012
20191111
20183032
20172002
20161001
20152012
20141001
20123023
20112022
20102022
20072012
20062021
20032021
20021011
20013021
19971001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 12, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 20, 2024OH03Yes
Sep 27, 2024OH01Yes
May 10, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 23, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 20, 2023OH02Yes
Sep 26, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 16, 2023MI01Yes
Nov 28, 2022OH00Yes
Sep 20, 2022OH00Yes
Jul 20, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 23, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 8, 2021OH00Yes
Nov 23, 2020OH01Yes
Jul 14, 2020OH00Yes
Jul 17, 2019OH11Yes
Jun 19, 2018OH01Yes
Jun 13, 2018OH01No
Mar 6, 2018OH01Yes
May 17, 2017OH00Yes
May 10, 2017OH00Yes
Jun 13, 2016MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2015OH02Yes
Mar 4, 2015MI00Yes