Crash Record MA1004091751

FMCSA crash record in MENDON on Dec 21, 2021.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On December 21, 2021, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in MENDON, Massachusetts. The vehicle was operated by E L HARVEY & SONS INC (USDOT 279022). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by E L HARVEY & SONS INC, FMCSA reference MA1004091751.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 7 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
E L HARVEY & SONS INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
7
4 injury · 7 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
1.5
4 crashes · 274 units
Days since prior carrier crash
24
Last on Nov 27, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,672 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 #:
MA1004091751
Date:
Dec 21, 2021
Time:
1311
State:
Massachusetts
City:
MENDON
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 9 1M2LR1GC1KM001884 V55751 (MA) E L HARVEY & SONS 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_4950509 Jun 2, 2025 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4894110 Feb 14, 2025 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4880436 Jan 23, 2025 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4894122 Jan 14, 2025 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4791865 Aug 8, 2024 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4793726 Aug 7, 2024 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4787265 Jul 9, 2024 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4767232 Jun 21, 2024 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4691233 Jan 18, 2024 MA Injury 0 1
cr_4689415 Jan 17, 2024 MA Tow-Away 0 0

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