Carrier profile · USDOT 32748 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

HANDY DISTRIBUTION LLC.

DBA HANDY DISTRIBUTION / N.B. HANDY

72 power unitsavg 6.5 yrMulti-region · 8 statesLYNCHBURG, VA88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksnbhandy.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 18.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 80 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 13.5 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 8

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 72-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
80
Annualized
≈40 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
40%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
28%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
30%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 49 total · 3 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20231001
20222002
20214024
20192002
20182012
20172012
20161001
20152012
20142011
20121001
20111010
20091001
20082012
20063003
20052012
20042002
20032021
20023022
20013012
19991010
19982112
19971001
19963113
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 20, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 21, 2025GA02Yes
Jan 14, 2025VA01Yes
Apr 11, 2023MD00Yes
Dec 15, 2022SC00Yes
Jan 20, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 16, 2021NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2021NC00Yes
Jun 2, 2021NC01Yes
Jan 25, 2021TN01Yes
Dec 19, 2019NC00Yes
Nov 12, 2019VA00Yes
Oct 5, 2018NC01Yes
Jul 10, 2018NC00Yes
Aug 1, 2017VA01Yes
Jun 13, 2017VA00Yes
May 13, 2016VA00Yes
Feb 25, 2015NC01Yes
Jan 14, 2015VA00Yes
Oct 15, 2014VA01No
Sep 27, 2014VA00Yes
Oct 17, 2012VA00Yes
Jul 6, 2011VA01No
Feb 3, 2009VA00Yes
Jul 15, 2008TN01Yes