Carrier profile · USDOT 2422219 · MC-834473 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

First Impression Transport LLC

38 power unitsavg 6 yrRegional · 5 statesESSINGTON, PA80/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-834473 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

38Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

16Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

6.0Avg age (yr)

2016–2024 · vPIC

Call dispatch(267) 495-6384 Email dispatch1stimpressionauto@gmail.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 30, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

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Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average58.8% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate above average12.0% vs the 6.7% 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 13 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2013.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo58.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo58.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Asset-based

38 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

6 yr

Model years 2016–2024 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

13 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2013 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

25 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 58.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 12.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 48.6 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 3

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 38-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 38
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.3 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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 4 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 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: None
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

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

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 5 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Grange’13–’16

American States’16–’19

Northland’19–’22

beyond this history

2013201720212025now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA · since Jul 2025

All 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
CANAL INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2024 → Jul 2024	$1M	4
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2023 → Jul 2024	$1M	1
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jul 2022 → Jul 2023	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2019 → Jul 2022	$1M	1
AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE CO.	Jul 2016 → Jul 2019	$1M	1
GRANGE INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jul 2013 → Jul 2016	$1M	2

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 38
Observed power (24 mo): 18
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

6.0 yr

Average age

2024

Newest model yr

2016

Oldest model yr

41.2%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

PA busiest

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

Home base

ESSINGTON, PA

303 CHIPPEWA STREET

Top corridor

PA 12 · MD 7 · NJ 3

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: 1 truck also ran under 1 other carrier

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3713276Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (7 trucks · 5 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 3713276 USDOT 1442244 USDOT 873632 USDOT 1386780 USDOT 3381183

Shares a company officer with other carriers

michael kennedy — 26 carriers: USDOT 375468 USDOT 405032 USDOT 478018 USDOT 864888 USDOT 954437 USDOT 1355135 USDOT 1403405 USDOT 1506134

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: 303 CHIPPEWA STREET, ESSINGTON, PA, 19029
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (267) 495-6384
Fax: (215) 462-4182
Email: 1stimpressionauto@gmail.com

Registration

Officers: Cheri Mitchell · Michael Kennedy
USDOT / docket: 2422219 · MC-834473
First registered: Jul 17, 2013
Last MCS-150: Mar 25, 2026 · 1,500,000 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: 79426757

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

1,500,000

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 FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC.

FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2422219) has a Vektor safety score of 80/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier holds active common for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 30, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA effective Jul 21, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 30, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 58.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier received 25 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 17 vehicle-level and 25 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 30, 2026.

It reports 38 power units and 25 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Mar 25, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 30, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2422219, and its motor carrier number is MC-834473.

Is FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 30, 2026, FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC has a 58.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 35 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 80/100 (tier: review).

How big is FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC's fleet?

FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC operates 38 power units and 25 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC based?

FIRST IMPRESSION TRANSPORT LLC is based in ESSINGTON, PA, with roadside inspections recorded across 5 states.

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