Carrier profile · USDOT 568292 · MC-276535 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dawson's Body Shop Inc

22 power unitsavg 6.5 yrRegional · 3 statesWATERVLIET, NY100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-276535 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 14.3%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 — 7 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 10.7 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 22-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
22
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 17 total · 0 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231001
20211001
20202012
20193033
20182012
20171001
20162012
20141001
20131001
20122012
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 6, 2023NY00Yes
Apr 23, 2021NY00Yes
Oct 12, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 29, 2020NY00Yes
Sep 24, 2019NY01Yes
Sep 16, 2019MA01Yes
Feb 18, 2019NY02Yes
Jun 25, 2018NY00Yes
Jun 23, 2018NY02Yes
Jul 6, 2017NY00Yes
Oct 12, 2016NY00Yes
Apr 18, 2016NJ03Yes
Sep 2, 2014NY00Yes
Mar 12, 2013NY00Yes
Sep 21, 2012NY00Yes
Feb 20, 2012NY01Yes
Dec 7, 2009NY01Yes