Carrier profile · USDOT 2953176 · MC-307 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC

5 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 18 statesDOVER, NC56/100

CARRIER INACTIVEMC-307 INACTIVERATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

5Power units

18 observed · MCS-150

19Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

3.7Avg age (yr)

2012–2025 · vPIC

Call dispatch(252) 526-1456 Email dispatchJONATHAN@JOHNSTONRVTRANSPORT.COM

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jun 13, 2026

High risk

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

Established 10 yearsNo active operating authority

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 average38.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Driver out-of-service rate well above average70.4% of driver inspections were placed out of service vs the 6.7% national average.

In good standing · 1

Established 10 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2016.

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

No active authority

Insurance (BIPD)— unknown

No filing on record

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

Clean · 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

5 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

3.7 yr

Model years 2012–2025 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

9 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2016 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

27 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 38.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 70.4%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 19.4 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈2.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 5
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.7 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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 18 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness9 · 8 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 6 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 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

$1M BIPD last filed ’25 · 4 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Progressive Southeastern’17–’20

Amguard’20–’21

Progressive Southeastern’21–’23

Northland’23–’25

201720202023now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 6 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 6 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
EVERSPAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Sep 2025 → Oct 2025	$1M	1
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2025 → Sep 2025	$1M	1
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2023 → Feb 2025	$1M	2
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2021 → Apr 2023	$1M	1
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2020 → Apr 2021	$1M	4
PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	Apr 2017 → Apr 2020	$1M	2

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 5
Observed power (24 mo): 18
Trailers (towed): 19

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

3.7 yr

Average age

2025

Newest model yr

2012

Oldest model yr

61.5%

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

NM busiest

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

Home base

DOVER, NC

800 GRIFFIN RD

Top corridor

NM ⇄ NC

NM 3 · TX 3 · AZ 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: 17 trucks also ran under 16 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 4104672 USDOT 4171999 USDOT 4200178 USDOT 4413568 USDOT 4464815 USDOT 4487187 USDOT 3705004 USDOT 4140859Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (33 trucks · 29 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 4004216 USDOT 4104672 USDOT 4171999 USDOT 4464815 USDOT 4487187 USDOT 3994657 USDOT 4095411 USDOT 4129983

Shares a company officer with other carriers

jonathan johnston — 5 carriers: USDOT 1720246 USDOT 2257973 USDOT 2572859 USDOT 3167694

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 800 GRIFFIN RD, DOVER, NC, 28526
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (252) 526-1456
Email: jonathan@johnstonrvtransport.com
Web domain: johnstonrvtransport.com

Registration

Officer: Jonathan Johnston
USDOT / docket: 2953176 · MC-307
First registered: Dec 8, 2016
Last MCS-150: Aug 26, 2025 · 175,575 mi (2022)
FMCSA safety rating: Conditional · Mar 30, 2026
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

—CDL drivers

175,575

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 JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC.

JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC (USDOT 2953176) has a Vektor safety score of 56/100 and a High risk verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has no active for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an unknown current BIPD insurance status because no FMCSA L&I active-filing snapshot is available as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 27 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 21 vehicle-level and 27 driver-level — across 18 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 0 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 5 power units and 5 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Aug 26, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Conditional assigned Mar 30, 2026 in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number?

JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC's USDOT number is 2953176, and its motor carrier number is MC-307.

Is JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC's safety record?

JOHNSTON RV TRANSPORT LLC has a 38.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 27 roadside inspections, with 0 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Conditional" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 56/100 (tier: high_risk).