Carrier profile · USDOT 1928473 · MC-689255 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Dawson Truck Lines Inc

36 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 19 statesROANOKE, VA56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-689255 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdawsontrucklines.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 46.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 63 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

53.8% · 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 21.2 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

61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
63
Annualized
≈32 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
19%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 2 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20232102
20222011
20211001
20201011
20171001
20152002
20144034
20131001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 17, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 15, 2023VA10Yes
Feb 16, 2023FL00Yes
Nov 9, 2022NJ01No
Jan 20, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 24, 2021MO00Yes
May 27, 2020OK01Yes
Jan 7, 2017VA00Yes
Dec 23, 2015VA00Yes
Feb 2, 2015VA00Yes
Oct 2, 2014VA01Yes
May 6, 2014OH00Yes
Feb 26, 2014VA01Yes
Jan 7, 2014VA01Yes
Mar 19, 2013WV00Yes
Aug 4, 2010PA00Yes