Dawn Transportation LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
216 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 246
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 224
- Annualized
- ≈112 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 24 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 151 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 14, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 29, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2023 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2022 | NV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2022 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2022 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 16, 2022 | NV | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 24, 2022 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |