Carrier profile · USDOT 2286133 · MC-515096 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

LANTER DISTRIBUTING LLC

DBA LANTER DISTRIBUTION

79 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMADISON, IL76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-515096 ACTIVE
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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 52.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 67 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

54.5% · 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 25.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

125 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month May '25 · 12

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 79-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance30 · 21 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
2False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 60 total · 11 in 24 mo

60
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256035
20245005
20232002
20221001
20216035
20204024
20196006
20183023
20173021
20167037
20153003
20148038
20124024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 26, 2026IL00Yes
Oct 29, 2025TN01Yes
Oct 27, 2025GA02Yes
May 19, 2025TX00Yes
May 2, 2025KS01No
Apr 21, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 22, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 22, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 8, 2024MS00Yes
Apr 9, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 2, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 21, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 30, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 7, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 10, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 13, 2021IL01Yes
Aug 25, 2021TN00Yes
Jun 15, 2021MO01No
Apr 26, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 22, 2021IL02Yes
Aug 20, 2020IL01Yes
Jun 29, 2020GA00Yes
Mar 25, 2020TX00Yes