Carrier profile · USDOT 697759 · MC-323152 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Imperial Transport of Tenn Inc

18 power unitsavg 10.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesNEW TAZEWELL, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-323152 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksimperialtransportoftenn.comFMCSA SAFER

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

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

Vehicle OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 14.1 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 5

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
20%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 172.200 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 4 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252002
20232002
20213023
20202002
20191011
20181001
20171001
20131011
20122002
20101011
20091001
20063113
20054004
20044023
20032012
20002012
19991010
19981001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TN01Yes
Dec 1, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 16, 2025TN00Yes
May 26, 2023TN00Yes
Jan 17, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 25, 2021KY00Yes
Mar 5, 2021KY03Yes
Feb 5, 2021FL01Yes
Dec 30, 2020OH00Yes
Aug 16, 2020AL00Yes
Oct 5, 2019TN01Yes
Sep 11, 2018SC00Yes
Jun 8, 2017TN00Yes
Nov 19, 2013TN01Yes
Nov 6, 2012TN00Yes
Nov 4, 2012TN00Yes
Feb 7, 2010TN02Yes
Aug 11, 2009VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2006KY02Yes
Aug 14, 2006KY00Yes
Jan 30, 2006TN10Yes
Nov 3, 2005TN00Yes
Feb 9, 2005TN00Yes
Jan 29, 2005KY00Yes