Crash Record WI0000115998

FMCSA crash record in SAINT JOSEPH on Jan 17, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On January 17, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in SAINT JOSEPH, Wisconsin. The vehicle was operated by SAFEWAY BUS COMPANY LLC (USDOT 1673085). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by SAFEWAY BUS COMPANY LLC, FMCSA reference WI0000115998.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
SAFEWAY BUS COMPANY LLC
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
1 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
10.5
2 crashes · 19 units
Days since prior carrier crash
469
Last on Oct 5, 2020
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,693 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 #:
WI0000115998
Date:
Jan 17, 2022
Time:
1524
State:
Wisconsin
City:
SAINT JOSEPH
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
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 4 2 4DRBUC8P8GB744181 21884B (WI) SAFEWAY BUS COMPANY LLC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

8 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5034564 Sep 18, 2025 WI Injury 0 2
cr_5034500 Sep 15, 2025 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4042063 Oct 5, 2020 WI Injury 0 1
cr_3548293 Feb 26, 2018 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3488836 Nov 9, 2017 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2999921 Feb 5, 2015 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2197104 Dec 1, 2009 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_1905235 Dec 10, 2007 WI Tow-Away 0 0

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