W M DEWEY AND SON INC
USDOT 115152MC-Docket MC001492HOUSTON, TX
Review before tendering48 power units
W M DEWEY AND SON INC (USDOT 115152) in HOUSTON, TX — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- No preventable crashes in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available not elevated.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2007-12-05 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.1
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.03
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.02
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 2.67
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Crashes
64
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
11
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 48
- Total drivers
- 37
- Years in business
- 52
- Hazmat authority
- No
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 0 of 1 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.5%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 16.9%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-04-29
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2007-12-05 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
98
Inspections
15
OOS inspections
79
Violations
17
OOS violations
0
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-04 → 2026-05-22.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2024-10-03
TX
Tow-away
2024-05-26
TX
2 injured
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
44 | 11 | 2026-05-04 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
9 | 1 | 2025-12-22 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
6 | 1 | 2026-02-23 |
Hours of service 395
|
3 | 0 | 2025-06-16 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 1 | 2025-03-13 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
1 | 0 | 2024-02-19 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Truck-Tractor upper body corner requirements for retroreflective sheeting or reflex reflective material for vehicles man | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Improper battery installation | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-02-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | BRAKES OUT OF SERVICE: The number of defective brakes is equal to or greater than 20 percent of the service brakes on th | OOS |
| 2026-01-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Wheel seal leaking - inner wheel | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable tail lamp | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or defective lighting devices or reflective material as required | — |
| 2026-01-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-12-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing | — |
| 2025-12-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2025-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/Defective Hazard Warning Lamp | — |
| 2025-11-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-10-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-07-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Axle positioning parts defective/missing | OOS |
| 2025-07-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2025-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Operating a CMV without proof of a periodic inspection | — |
| 2025-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inadequate brakes for safe stopping - Brake Lining condition | — |
| 2025-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inspection repair and maintenance of parts and accessories | — |
| 2025-06-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-06-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add the trailer number | — |
| 2025-06-16 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to manually add shipping document number | — |
| 2025-05-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit / lamp from towed vehicle in cab | — |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-04-17 | Vehicle Maintenance | Loose or unfastened tiedown | OOS |
| 2025-03-13 | Driver Fitness | Medical (Certificate) - Operating a commercial vehicle without corrective lenses or hearing aid as indicated on the driv | OOS |
| 2025-03-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have a supply of blank driver's records of duty status graph-grids suffi | — |
| 2024-12-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Fuel tank fill pipe cap missing | — |
| 2024-09-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-09-12 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2024-09-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2024-08-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - Oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - inner wheel | — |
| 2024-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Axle positioning parts defective/missing | OOS |
| 2024-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-tread and/or sidewall separation | — |
| 2024-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | — |
| 2024-07-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame cracked / loose / sagging / broken | — |
| 2024-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Driver may not operate a CMV without proper load securement | OOS |
| 2024-05-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-04 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C | — | — |
2026-05-04 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45B2UV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | — | — |
2026-04-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLPC | — | — |
2026-03-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11TU | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 30 | — | — |
2026-02-23 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1BOS | OOS | — |
2026-01-05 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 5B-HWSLIW | — | — |
2026-01-03 4 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9T | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
2025-12-22 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 67C7 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-12-10 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-11-21 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2W | — | — |
2025-11-20 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9TS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 19 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
2025-10-14 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2025-07-31 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207A | OOS | — |
2025-07-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A2 | — | — |
2025-06-19 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C | — | — |
2025-06-16 7 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2II | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24C2III | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 3A1 | — | — |
2025-05-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2 | — | — |
2025-04-17 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-03-13 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H4-ELDBRODS | — | — |
| Driver qualifications 391 | 41B10-MC | OOS | — |
2024-12-20 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS1 | — | — |
2024-09-12 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
2024-09-04 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9(a) | OOS | — |
2024-08-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
2024-07-22 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 207(a) | OOS | — |
2024-07-22 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201(a) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45(d) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(2) | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75(a)(3) | OOS | — |
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