Carrier profile · USDOT 1797606 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Layman Candy Company Inc

DBA LAYMAN DISTRIBUTING

39 power unitsavg 8.2 yrRegional · 4 statesSALEM, VA75/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkslaymandistributing.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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 22.4 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

15 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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 39-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
39
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 4 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20244004
20233013
20225025
20211001
20201001
20191011
20161011
20141001
20131011
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 19, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 16, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 7, 2024VA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024VA00Yes
Mar 15, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 15, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 4, 2023NC00Yes
May 25, 2023VA02Yes
May 19, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022VA00Yes
Nov 18, 2022VA00Yes
Sep 13, 2022VA00Yes
May 12, 2022VA01Yes
Mar 24, 2022VA02Yes
Dec 29, 2021VA00Yes
Dec 18, 2020NC00Yes
Apr 11, 2019VA01Yes
May 13, 2016VA01Yes
Oct 17, 2014VA00Yes
Jan 29, 2013VA01Yes
May 27, 2009VA01Yes