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DOT #76198 · AMERICAN CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC
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AMERICAN CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC

DOT# 76198 MC# 138741 DUNS# 66224619 Kansas City, MO Authorized For-Hire
(816) 781-9600 cshilhanek@americancentral.com 8731 Ne Parvin Road, Kansas City MO 64161
297 tractors · all leased 243 drivers 28.5M mi/yr · ~96k per unit
HazMat
Marginal
FRED Score 40.1 / 100
High confidence
52 yrs history · 352 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
297
Drivers · CDL
243 · 243
Annual miles
28.5M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 297 0 297
Trailers 0 929 0 929

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (03-03-2006) · 20 yr old
Registered
06-01-1974 (52 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
05-14-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
CHRIS SHILHANEK
Officer
CHRIS SHILHANEK

Cargo

55.3
medium risk
General Freight Building Materials Beverages Other: TIRES US Mail Paper Products Construction Chemicals
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.31×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
13.1 vs 10.0 for similar fleets
Likely 7–20 crashes
This motor carrier
13.1
Similar fleets
10.0
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~31%
About 1.3× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Worse than peers. 27 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 14 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 10 with injuries; similar fleets have about 10 a year. The grade counts 39 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.31×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.58× and out-of-service orders 0.63× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -17%.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Apr 24, 2026).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    10 crashes with 11 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    2 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 hours of service (Apr 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and tires
    Lights are 21 of 101 violations (21%). Light or tire defects led to 27 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 0.6% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
  • 80% of inspections found no violations.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 8
  • Excessive speeding: 11
  • Substance violations: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
27
1 fatality · 11 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
352
80% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
20.1%
30 of 149
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.6%
2 of 351
National avg 6.7%
Violations
101
35 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 70 inspections, 4 out of service 70 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 40 inspections, 3 out of service 40 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 50 inspections, 7 out of service 50 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 45 inspections, 6 out of service 45 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 35 inspections, 3 out of service 35 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 40 inspections, 2 out of service 40 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 38 inspections, 3 out of service 38 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 31 inspections, 4 out of service 31 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 3 inspections.
vs 1,008 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.044 0.022
Inspections 0.91 0.74
Violations 0.17 0.32
Critical violations 0.06 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

101 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    65 · 33 OOS
    Lights 21 · Tires 18 · Brakes 12 · Cargo securement 2 · Steering & suspension 1 · 11 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    24 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 13 · Reckless / lane 8 · Other 3
  • Hours of service No alert
    11 · 2 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 7 · False log 2 · Over hours limit 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 0 OOS
    No valid CDL 1
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Aug
    10
    2026
    Arkansas
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Jul
    17
    2026
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.
  • Jul
    10
    2026
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    2
    2026
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Daylight.
  • May
    28
    2026
    Indiana
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight.
  • May
    20
    2026
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Wet road, daylight, rain, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Apr
    30
    2026
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    28
    2026
    Kentucky
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - lighted, rain, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    24
    2026
    South Carolina
    Fatal · 1 death
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
    In the news
    Coroner identifies driver who ran into tractor-trailer in I-26 wrong-way crash
    FOX Carolina · Apr 24, 2026

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report SC0026358536 (HP03) lists AMERICAN CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name AMERICAN CENTRAL TRANSPORT INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

18 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · THE TRAVELERS INDEMNITY CO. OF CONNECTICUT
on record since Mar 1, 2015 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Sep 1990
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
Broker or forwarder bond
required · none on file
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since May 19, 2010)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Illinois 74
  • Missouri (HQ) 70
  • Kansas 49
  • Tennessee 34
  • Indiana 30
  • Kentucky 20
  • Oklahoma 19
  • Texas 12

20% of inspections were in its home state.

Data sourced from FMCSA. The FRED Score is an analytical opinion and is not an FMCSA safety rating. Unless a motor carrier has received an Unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 CFR Part 385 or has otherwise been ordered to discontinue operations by FMCSA, it is authorized to operate. This information is provided for informational purposes only and should not be the sole basis for any decision. Report generated · fred-score.com/carrier/76198