Crash Record CA0005169158

FMCSA crash record in California on May 3, 2011.

Injury

What happened

On May 3, 2011, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in California. The vehicle was operated by ME & BROTHERS INC (USDOT 981040). FMCSA reference CA0005169158.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
Carrier
ME & BROTHERS INC
Vehicle Type
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
1 injury · 2 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
8.3
2 crashes · 24 units
Days since prior carrier crash
451
Last on Feb 6, 2010
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,424 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within California, 17,594 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 #:
CA0005169158
Date:
May 3, 2011
Time:
1448
State:
California
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Carrier (USDOT):
ME & BROTHERS INC (981040)

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5057628 Nov 4, 2025 AZ Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4909874 Mar 14, 2025 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4641005 Oct 11, 2023 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4442237 Sep 12, 2022 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4401804 Jun 16, 2022 CA Injury 0 1
cr_4288153 Dec 14, 2021 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4274148 Dec 10, 2021 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4258842 Oct 15, 2021 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3985598 May 19, 2020 MO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4079962 Nov 27, 2019 UT Injury 0 1

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