Crash Record WV202112627A

FMCSA crash record in SOPHIA on May 24, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On May 24, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in SOPHIA, West Virginia. The vehicle was operated by COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC (USDOT 16208). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC, FMCSA reference WV202112627A.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 13 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
COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
13
5 injury · 13 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 52 units
Days since prior carrier crash
52
Last on Apr 2, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,632 carriers

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
1
Weather
1
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 #:
WV202112627A
Date:
May 24, 2021
Time:
1325
State:
West Virginia
City:
SOPHIA
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 7 98 5CWRA301XEH146462 16 363 (WV) COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED INC 2 Yes

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_4770159 Jun 17, 2024 IN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4723862 Mar 27, 2024 AR Injury 0 1
cr_4721357 Mar 18, 2024 SC Injury 0 3
cr_4618709 Aug 12, 2023 OH Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4607085 Aug 7, 2023 SC Injury 0 7
cr_4571882 May 26, 2023 TX Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4527681 Mar 8, 2023 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4385043 Jun 15, 2022 MD Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4370302 Jun 8, 2022 VA Injury 0 1
cr_4309036 Jan 26, 2022 NC Injury 0 3

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