Carrier profile · USDOT 1928473 · MC-689255 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Dawson Truck Lines Inc

36 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 18 statesROANOKE, VA56/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-689255 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

36Power units

34 observed · MCS-150

38Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

8.3Avg age (yr)

1998–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(540) 223-4488 Email dispatchoperations@dawsontrucklines.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Aug 20, 2026

High risk

Multiple serious issues on the federal record. Verify directly before any tender.

Watch · 3

No active operating authorityNo active common, contract, or broker authority is on file for a for-hire carrier.Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average45.2% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 1

Established 17 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2009.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo45.2%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

2 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

36 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

8.3 yr

Model years 1998–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

17 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2009 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

61 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 45.2%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 — 31 vehicle and 61 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 14.7 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

52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6

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

≈0.8 / 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: 61
Annualized: ≈31 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 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 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

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Inactive
Contract: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD filing (census)Not recorded per census

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 9 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Great West’09–’11

National’12–’15

Progressive Northern’17–’19

Canal’23–’25

2009201420192024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 12 insurers are named in the list below.

This timeline is the FMCSA filing history, and it ends at the most recent superseded filing — current policy status is not tracked here. Request a certificate of insurance to confirm active coverage before tendering.

All 12 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
INCLINE CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Dec 2025	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2023 → Sep 2025	$750K	6
BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2022 → Sep 2023	$750K	1
BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2021 → Sep 2022	$750K	1
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2020 → Sep 2021	$750K	1
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Sep 2019 → Sep 2020	$750K	2
PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2017 → Sep 2019	$750K	2
NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	Sep 2016 → Sep 2017	$750K	2
SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2015 → Sep 2016	$750K	1
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Sep 2012 → Sep 2015	$750K	4
NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2011 → Sep 2012	$750K	3
GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	Sep 2009 → Sep 2011	$750K	1

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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): 34
Trailers (towed): 38

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

8.3 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

63.9%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 18 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

NC busiest

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

Home base

ROANOKE, VA

1007 CHEROKEE STREET NE

Top corridor

NC ⇄ VA

NC 9 · OH 7 · KY 7

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 6 trucks also ran under 2 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 1199507 USDOT 4143821Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (38 trucks · 32 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2954806 USDOT 3520788 USDOT 3539768 USDOT 4344455 USDOT 538508 USDOT 1199507 USDOT 204961 USDOT 3390833

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 1007 CHEROKEE STREET NE, ROANOKE, VA, 24012
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (540) 223-4488
Fax: (888) 987-8999
Email: operations@dawsontrucklines.com
Web domain: dawsontrucklines.com

Registration

Officer: Amy Snead
USDOT / docket: 1928473 · MC-689255
First registered: Aug 20, 2009
Last MCS-150: Oct 25, 2024 · 1,688,119 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · May 13, 2019
Recordable crash rate: 1.85
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,688,119

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 DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC.

DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC (USDOT 1928473) has a Vektor safety score of 56/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Aug 20, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Aug 20, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 45.2% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier received 61 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 31 vehicle-level and 61 driver-level — across 18 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

The carrier has 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Aug 20, 2026.

It reports 36 power units and 30 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Oct 25, 2024.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned May 13, 2019 in the federal record refreshed Aug 20, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC's USDOT number?

DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC's USDOT number is 1928473, and its motor carrier number is MC-689255.

Is DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC authorized to operate?

As of Aug 20, 2026, DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC's safety record?

DAWSON TRUCK LINES INC has a 45.2% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 96 roadside inspections, with 2 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 56/100 (tier: high_risk).