Carrier profile · USDOT 78400 · MC-227559 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

L & D Trucking Company

6 power unitsavg 10 yrLocal · 2 statesCARBONDALE, IL100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-227559 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 22.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 7

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 34
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

19%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

80%

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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

0False logs

1Drove over hours

Crash history· 15 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	0	1
2021	3	1	1	3
2010	1	0	0	1
2008	3	1	1	3
2005	1	0	0	1
2004	2	0	1	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2002	2	0	1	2
1999	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 31, 2023	IL	0	0	Yes
Nov 10, 2021	MO	1	0	Yes
Sep 10, 2021	IL	0	1	Yes
May 10, 2021	IL	0	0	Yes
Dec 24, 2010	IL	0	0	Yes
Dec 23, 2008	IL	2	3	Yes
Feb 5, 2008	IL	0	0	Yes
Feb 5, 2008	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 11, 2005	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 10, 2004	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2004	OH	0	1	No
Aug 4, 2003	KY	0	0	Yes
Oct 31, 2002	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 17, 2002	LA	0	2	Yes
Jun 14, 1999	IL	0	0	Yes