Crash Record LA0210002042

FMCSA crash record in 4500 on Mar 1, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On March 1, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in 4500, Louisiana. The vehicle was operated by C & M FREIGHT LINE LLC (USDOT 1623281). Recorded conditions: 1 / 5 / 1 pavement. Reported by C & M FREIGHT LINE LLC, FMCSA reference LA0210002042.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
4
Carrier
C & M FREIGHT LINE LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
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)
0.0
0 crashes · 4 units
Days since prior carrier crash
1,061
Last on Apr 5, 2018
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,554,606 carriers

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
1
Weather
5
Road surface
1

Conditions are mixed. The data does not assign causation; this section reports only what was recorded by the responding officer.

Crash details

Key facts from the FMCSA crash record.

Report #:
LA0210002042
Date:
Mar 1, 2021
Time:
1237
State:
Louisiana
City:
4500
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
4

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 3 3AKJGLDR3LDLJ8189 P258273 (LA) C & M FREIGHT LINE LLC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT;3:6:NONCOLLISION:EXPLOSION OR FIRE;2:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_3586035 Apr 5, 2018 GA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3476312 Oct 20, 2017 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3260310 Jul 24, 2016 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2980690 Dec 20, 2014 TX Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2940445 Oct 20, 2014 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2927868 Sep 18, 2014 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2813198 Jan 10, 2014 TX Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2717628 Jun 14, 2013 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2628304 Nov 15, 2012 LA Injury 0 3
cr_2551404 May 7, 2012 LA Injury 0 2

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