Carrier profile · USDOT 135453 · MC-240456 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dawson Enterprises Incorporated

DBA ARIZONA PROPANE

20 power unitsavg 10.6 yrRegional · 4 statesFOUNTAIN HILLS, AZ88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-240456 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 13.9%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 20
Inspections · 24 mo: 40
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

82%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

21%

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
180.415 Other violationOther3 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

3False logs

3Drove over hours

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	3	0	0	3
2006	1	0	1	1
2004	2	0	1	2
2003	1	0	0	1
2001	2	0	1	2
2000	2	0	0	2
1995	1	0	0	1
1994	1	1	1	0

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 1, 2025	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jan 10, 2023	AZ	0	1	Yes
Jul 19, 2022	AZ	0	1	Yes
Sep 8, 2017	AZ	0	0	Yes
May 26, 2016	AZ	0	0	Yes
Mar 1, 2016	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jan 12, 2016	AZ	0	0	Yes
Aug 9, 2006	CA	0	1	Yes
Aug 10, 2004	CA	0	0	Yes
Apr 14, 2004	AZ	0	1	Yes
Jan 3, 2003	AZ	0	0	Yes
Dec 8, 2001	AZ	0	0	Yes
Feb 12, 2001	AZ	0	1	Yes
Dec 12, 2000	AZ	0	0	Yes
Dec 12, 2000	AZ	0	0	Yes
Apr 3, 1995	AZ	0	0	Yes
Jan 27, 1994	AZ	1	2	No