Crash Record IA2004232729

FMCSA crash record in Iowa on Jul 16, 2004.

Injury

What happened

On July 16, 2004, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in Iowa. The vehicle was operated by ALTORFER INC (USDOT 96519). FMCSA reference IA2004232729.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
Carrier
ALTORFER INC
Vehicle Type
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
1 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.4
1 crashes · 236 units
Days since prior carrier crash
1,040
Last on Sep 10, 2001
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,632 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within Iowa, 4,066 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

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Crash details

Key facts from the FMCSA crash record.

Report #:
IA2004232729
Date:
Jul 16, 2004
Time:
1038
State:
Iowa
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
ALTORFER INC (96519)

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4906119 Mar 5, 2025 IA Injury 0 3
cr_4786626 Jul 8, 2024 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4469119 Dec 7, 2022 IA Injury 0 1
cr_4380963 Apr 12, 2022 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4224475 Jul 22, 2021 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4176907 Apr 19, 2021 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4117331 Dec 16, 2020 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4079761 Oct 19, 2020 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3931881 Nov 11, 2019 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3602845 Jan 4, 2018 IA Tow-Away 0 0

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