DAWSON'S TOWING & SNOW REMOVAL LLC

DBA: DAWSON AFFORDABLE AUTO

DOT# 785382 MC# 780997 Elkins, WV Authorized For-Hire
(304) 216-6332 lydiadawson58@yahoo.com 102 Stanton Avenue, Elkins WV 26241
6 tractors · all owned 9 drivers 300k mi/yr · ~50k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Low confidence
28 yrs history · 25 roadside inspections
Upside capped

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
6
Drivers · CDL
9 · 4
Annual miles
300k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 6 0 0 6
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
12-10-1998 (28 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
02-03-2026 (Biennial Update)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
LYDIA DAWSON

Cargo

75.2
high risk
Motor Vehicles Drive/Tow Away General Freight
High-Risk Cargo
Motor Vehicles, Drive/Tow Away, General Freight

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.74× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Advisory Grade — Outside the Ranked Book

Fleets under 10 power units are graded against their size cohort (pu6_9) for reference, but sit outside the 10+ power-unit underwriting book the FRED rank covers.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 2.0× as often as the median active fleet of 6–9 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.74×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.4 vs 0.5 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.4
Similar fleets
0.5
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~1%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 0 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months; similar fleets have about 0.5 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 10% below typical. The grade counts 1 crash in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Violations 0.30×, unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.55× and out-of-service orders 0.64× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -18%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Nothing on the FMCSA record stands out.
Strengths
  • No reportable crashes in 24 months.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate 15.0% vs 22.3% national; driver 0.0% vs 6.7%.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.

Track record

FMCSA record, Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
0
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
25
84% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
15.0%
3 of 20
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 25
National avg 6.7%
Violations
8
5 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 6–9 trucks in West Virginia (about 9 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 0 inspections, 0 out of service 0 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 3 inspections, 1 out of service 3 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
vs 4,754 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.000 0.039
Inspections 2.83 1.38
Violations 0.67 1.31
Critical violations 0.17 0.27

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, Small (advisory) power units, high-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

8 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    6 · 5 OOS
    Lights 6
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Seat belt 1 · Speeding 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months

No reportable crashes on the FMCSA record in the last 24 months.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$1,000,000 · ACCELERANT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
on record since Feb 6, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2012
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: WHITE PINE INSURANCE COMPANY → ACCELERANT NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Aug 2024)
  • 5 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 5 took effect (the last Feb 6, 2026, replaced the same day)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 4

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Jan 26, 2026)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • West Virginia (HQ) 25

Mostly inspected in its home state (100%).