Crash Record AL0001720380

FMCSA crash record in FLORENCE on Oct 19, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On October 19, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in FLORENCE, Alabama. The vehicle was operated by WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS (USDOT 464828). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS, FMCSA reference AL0001720380.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 15 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
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
15
2 fatal · 4 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
4.7
8 crashes · 172 units
Days since prior carrier crash
13
Last on Oct 6, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,632 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within FLORENCE, Alabama, 12 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
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 #:
AL0001720380
Date:
Oct 19, 2021
Time:
1501
State:
Alabama
City:
FLORENCE
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 1M2AG11C67M068798 H34750 (AR) WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ARKANSAS 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_5082275 Dec 29, 2025 AR Injury 0 1
cr_5063736 Nov 21, 2025 AR Injury 0 1
cr_4988757 Jun 13, 2025 AR Injury 0 1
cr_4895900 Feb 21, 2025 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4881100 Jan 21, 2025 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4859197 Dec 12, 2024 AR Injury 0 1
cr_4847597 Nov 20, 2024 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4822816 Oct 2, 2024 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4788305 Jul 31, 2024 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4758649 Jun 1, 2024 AR Fatal 1 0

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