Crash Record SC005036052B

FMCSA crash record in South Carolina on Mar 29, 2005.

Fatal

What happened

On March 29, 2005, FMCSA recorded a fatal crash that resulted in one death in South Carolina. The vehicle was operated by KW ASSOCIATES LLC (USDOT 402561). FMCSA reference SC005036052B.

Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Vehicles
Carrier
KW ASSOCIATES LLC
Vehicle Type
Severity
Fatal

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
1 fatal · 0 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 61 units
Days since prior carrier crash
1,875
Last on Feb 9, 2000
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,680 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within South Carolina, 6,941 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 #:
SC005036052B
Date:
Mar 29, 2005
Time:
0730
Fatalities:
1
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
KW ASSOCIATES LLC (402561)

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4597127 Jul 21, 2023 SC Injury 0 1
cr_4353288 Apr 26, 2022 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4258518 Nov 18, 2021 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4245233 Oct 22, 2021 SC Injury 0 2
cr_3763222 Mar 22, 2019 SC Injury 0 1
cr_3825221 Jan 4, 2019 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3531381 Jan 12, 2018 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3445972 Aug 16, 2017 SC Injury 0 1
cr_3408547 May 26, 2017 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3366489 Feb 27, 2017 SC Injury 0 1

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