Crash Record AZ0000054492

FMCSA crash record in TEMPE on Oct 1, 2021.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On October 1, 2021, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in TEMPE, Arizona. The vehicle was operated by SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC (USDOT 60067). Recorded conditions: 3 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC, FMCSA reference AZ0000054492.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 7 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 6–50 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 96 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC

Vehicle Type

Truck

Severity

Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

1 injury · 7 tow-away

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

2.6

1 crashes · 39 units

Days since prior carrier crash

112

Last on Jun 11, 2021

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 312,424 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within TEMPE, Arizona, 96 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: 3
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 #:: AZ0000054492
Date:: Oct 1, 2021
Time:: 2013
State:: Arizona
City:: TEMPE
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 0
Tow-Away:: Yes
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 3
Carrier (USDOT):: SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC (60067)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
1	7	3	3AKBHKDV2MSMV0446	3072036 (IN)	SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA 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	Injuries
cr_5027743	Sep 8, 2025	OK	Tow-Away	0
cr_4671732	Dec 21, 2023	AZ	Tow-Away	0
cr_4621419	Aug 24, 2023	TX	Injury	1
cr_4532270	Mar 14, 2023	TX	Tow-Away	0
cr_4251005	Nov 1, 2021	TX	Tow-Away	0
cr_4178644	Jun 11, 2021	OK	Tow-Away	0
cr_4139791	Apr 16, 2021	AR	Tow-Away	0
cr_4079208	Dec 12, 2020	TX	Tow-Away	0
cr_4047718	Oct 7, 2020	TX	Tow-Away	0
cr_3995038	Jul 1, 2020	OK	Tow-Away	0

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Recall

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Carrier

SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC

USDOT 60067 · 31 crashes · 83 inspections

Vehicle

VIN: 3AKBHKDV2MSMV0446

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State

Crashes in Arizona

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Agency

SMURFIT KAPPA NORTH AMERICA LLC

Crashes reported by this law-enforcement agency.

City

Crashes in TEMPE, AZ

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