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Crash Record CO2021000656

FMCSA crash record in COLORADO SPRINGS on May 5, 2021.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On May 5, 2021, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The vehicle was operated by WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC (USDOT 834420). Recorded conditions: 5 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC, FMCSA reference CO2021000656.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 11 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 124 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
11
1 fatal · 4 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
1.5
7 crashes · 480 units
Days since prior carrier crash
223
Last on Sep 24, 2020
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,685 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, 124 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
5
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 #:
CO2021000656
Date:
May 5, 2021
Time:
0559
State:
Colorado
City:
COLORADO SPRINGS
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC (834420)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 6 9 5VCACLJFXAH210398 363RMU (CO) WASTE CONNECTIONS OF COLORADO INC 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_5124232 Feb 21, 2026 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5049976 Sep 26, 2025 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5040230 Sep 22, 2025 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4955579 May 28, 2025 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4944493 Feb 10, 2025 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4860537 Nov 19, 2024 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4831465 Sep 9, 2024 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4809824 Aug 12, 2024 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4749866 Apr 8, 2024 CO Injury 0 1
cr_4844284 Feb 29, 2024 CO Tow-Away 0 0

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