Carrier profile · USDOT 278598 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

H L Distributors Inc

10 power unitsavg 2.4 yrLocal · 2 statesPELHAM, GA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkshldistributors.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 — 4 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 10-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
2%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.80 Rear-vision mirrorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 15 total · 3 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252022
20234124
20221100
20201001
20161011
20151001
20082022
20041010
19961010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 21, 2026GA01Yes
Nov 12, 2025GA03Yes
Jun 23, 2025GA01Yes
Dec 19, 2023GA00Yes
Nov 27, 2023GA14Yes
Aug 3, 2023GA01Yes
Mar 27, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 14, 2022GA10No
Sep 23, 2020FL00Yes
Apr 4, 2016GA01Yes
Jul 21, 2015GA00Yes
Oct 29, 2008FL03Yes
Feb 22, 2008GA01Yes
May 14, 2004FL02No
Oct 8, 1996GA01No