Carrier profile · USDOT 6779 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lanford Brothers Company Inc

121 power unitsavg 11.2 yrLocal · 2 statesROANOKE, VA82/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkslanfordbros.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 8 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 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 121-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
121
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.8measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243023
20232012
20221001
20191001
20182012
20171001
20144024
20113023
20106036
20092002
20082022
20071001
20041001
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 5, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 24, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 23, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 5, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 6, 2023VA01Yes
Oct 6, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 27, 2019NC00Yes
Jul 10, 2018NC01Yes
May 15, 2018VA00Yes
Sep 20, 2017VA00Yes
Aug 21, 2014VA02Yes
Aug 5, 2014NC00Yes
Aug 5, 2014NC00Yes
Jun 17, 2014NC01Yes
Oct 27, 2011VA00Yes
Aug 30, 2011VA01Yes
Aug 16, 2011VA01Yes
Nov 16, 2010VA00Yes
Nov 8, 2010VA00Yes
Jun 25, 2010NC00Yes
May 19, 2010VA01Yes
Apr 28, 2010VA01Yes
Apr 7, 2010NC04Yes
Oct 8, 2009VA00Yes
Aug 19, 2009VA00Yes