Crash Record GA0008307452

FMCSA crash record in Georgia on Nov 9, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On November 9, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in Georgia. The vehicle was operated by SAMUEL SON & CO INC (USDOT 342033). Recorded conditions: 3 / 1 / 1 pavement. FMCSA reference GA0008307452.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 4 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
5
Carrier
SAMUEL SON & CO INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
4
2 injury · 4 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 58 units
Days since prior carrier crash
13
Last on Oct 27, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,697 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within Georgia, 15,419 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 #:
GA0008307452
Date:
Nov 9, 2021
Time:
0457
State:
Georgia
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
5
Carrier (USDOT):
SAMUEL SON & CO INC (342033)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
4 9 3 1GRDM9627EH723376 P372697 (IN) SAMUEL SON & CO 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_4594582 Jul 24, 2023 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4585050 May 5, 2023 PA Injury 0 1
cr_4394255 May 24, 2022 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4254240 Oct 27, 2021 LA Injury 0 1
cr_4074501 Nov 17, 2020 TX Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3979857 May 28, 2020 OK Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3877386 Nov 8, 2019 NY Injury 0 1
cr_3901146 Oct 4, 2019 CO Injury 0 1
cr_3815674 Jun 24, 2019 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3743703 Feb 15, 2019 MN Tow-Away 0 0

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