Carrier profile · USDOT 62897 · MC-120555 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

B C Lawson Drayage Inc

36 power unitsavg 11.9 yrLocal · 2 statesHAYWARD, CA93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-120555 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

36Power units

19 observed · MCS-150

16Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

11.9Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(510) 785-5100 Email dispatchpatrick@lawsoninc.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

Clear to load

Active authority and a clean federal record. No blocking issues found.

Watch · 1

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average33.3% vs the 22.26% national average.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 52 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1974.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$0 in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo33.3%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

36 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

11.9 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

52 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1974 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

33 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 2.7 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 36-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 36
Inspections · 24 mo: 33
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
177.817 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
177.823 Other violationOther2 · 1 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$0 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$0 in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $0 is below the $750K general-freight federal minimum — verify before tendering.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 12 insurers · 2 lapsesCoverage lapse

American’91–’99

Carolina’07–’15

1991200020092018now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $0 · MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Apr 2026

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
GENERAL SECURITY NATIONAL INSURANCE CO	Apr 2025 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
GENERAL SECURITY INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2024 → Apr 2026	$750K	1
PENNSYLVANIA MANUF. ASSOC. INS.	Apr 2023 → Apr 2025	$750K	2
GENERAL SECURITY INDEMNITY COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Apr 2024	$750K	1
ACCIDENT FUND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2023	$750K	2
NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	Apr 2020 → Apr 2021	$750K	1
THE INSURANCE CO OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA	Apr 2017 → Apr 2020	$750K	3
GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2015 → Apr 2017	$750K	2
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2007 → Apr 2015	$750K	8
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Apr 2003 → Apr 2006	$750K	4
REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2002 → Apr 2002	$750K	4
FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO. OF CONNECTICUT	Apr 2001 → Apr 2002	$750K	1
WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	Apr 1999 → Apr 2001	$750K	2
THE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1991 → Apr 1999	$750K	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 36
Observed power (24 mo): 19
Trailers (towed): 16

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

11.9 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

31.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 2 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusLocal

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

CA busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

HAYWARD, CA

3402 ENTERPRISE AVE

Top corridor

CA 32 · NV 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

Show all-time history (3 trucks · 3 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2720642 USDOT 2215816 USDOT 1193116

Shares a company officer with other carriers

patrick lawson — 3 carriers: USDOT 2475660 USDOT 3546063

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered capacity materially exceeds what is observed roadside — the MCS-150 may be stale or the fleet under-utilized.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 3402 ENTERPRISE AVE, HAYWARD, CA, 94545
Mailing address: 3402 ENTERPRISE AVENUE, HAYWARD, CA, 94545
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (510) 785-5100
Fax: (510) 785-8156
Email: patrick@lawsoninc.com
Web domain: lawsoninc.com

Registration

Officers: George Lawson · Patrick Lawson
USDOT / docket: 62897 · MC-120555
First registered: Jun 1, 1974
Last MCS-150: Aug 13, 2024 · 550,000 mi (2024)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Nov 9, 1989
D-U-N-S: 4871083

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

550,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC.

B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC (USDOT 62897) has a Vektor safety score of 93/100 and a Clear to load verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $0 limit in force from MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Apr 1, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 33.3% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 33 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 30 vehicle-level and 33 driver-level — across 2 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 36 power units and 20 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 13, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Nov 9, 1989 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC's USDOT number?

B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC's USDOT number is 62897, and its motor carrier number is MC-120555.

Is B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC's safety record?

B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC has a 33.3% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 53 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 93/100 (tier: clear).

How big is B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC's fleet?

B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC operates 36 power units and 20 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC based?

B C LAWSON DRAYAGE INC is based in HAYWARD, CA, with roadside inspections recorded across 2 states.

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