Crash Record KS2018E14866

FMCSA crash record in Kansas on Jan 15, 2018.

Tow-Away

What happened

On January 15, 2018, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in Kansas. The vehicle was operated by S & J TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (USDOT 2496332). FMCSA reference KS2018E14866.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
Carrier
S & J TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Vehicle Type
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
0 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 54 units
Days since prior carrier crash
908
Last on Jul 22, 2015
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,602 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within Kansas, 2,981 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 #:
KS2018E14866
Date:
Jan 15, 2018
Time:
0440
State:
Kansas
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4776569 Jun 24, 2024 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4706302 Jan 24, 2024 KS Injury 0 1
cr_4118241 Feb 17, 2021 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4058619 Oct 22, 2020 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4012508 Jul 24, 2020 KS Injury 0 1
cr_3754423 Feb 27, 2019 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3765194 Feb 19, 2019 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3723867 Jan 3, 2019 KS Injury 0 1
cr_3621868 Jun 25, 2018 KS Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3074732 Jul 22, 2015 KS Tow-Away 0 0

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