Crash Record NYSP40596920

FMCSA crash record in New York on Mar 22, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On March 22, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in New York. The vehicle was operated by WEITSMAN RECYCLING LLC (USDOT 2283400). Recorded conditions: 1 / 8 / 1 pavement. Reported by WEITSMAN RECYCLING LLC, FMCSA reference NYSP40596920.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 19 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
WEITSMAN RECYCLING LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
19
9 injury · 19 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
4.8
7 crashes · 147 units
Days since prior carrier crash
69
Last on Jan 12, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,858 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within New York, 5,998 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
1
Weather
8
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 #:
NYSP40596920
Date:
Mar 22, 2021
Time:
1216
State:
New York
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 6 6 5KJJBLD13KLKD5625 83991PC (NY) WEITSMAN RECYCLING LLC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5004562 Jul 7, 2025 NY Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4941821 May 7, 2025 NY Injury 0 2
cr_4910473 Feb 28, 2025 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4899350 Feb 14, 2025 NY Injury 0 1
cr_4890450 Jan 24, 2025 NY Injury 0 1
cr_4879642 Jan 15, 2025 NY Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4871799 Nov 11, 2024 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4845935 Sep 16, 2024 NY Injury 0 1
cr_4788173 Jul 25, 2024 NY Injury 0 1
cr_4747290 May 9, 2024 NY Tow-Away 0 0

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