Crash Record MI0002564825

FMCSA crash record in STERLING HEIGHTS on Apr 26, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On April 26, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan. The vehicle was operated by ROCKET TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 2627575). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. FMCSA reference MI0002564825.

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: 128 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

ROCKET TRANSPORTATION INC

Vehicle Type

Truck

Severity

Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

3 injury · 7 tow-away

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

0.0

0 crashes · 20 units

Days since prior carrier crash

Last on Feb 28, 2022

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 312,690 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan, 128 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

UTICA COMMUNITY SCHOOLS · 2 reports
AGGRESSIVE TRANSPORTATION INC · 1 reports
ACCELERATED SERVICES LLC · 1 reports

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 #:: MI0002564825
Date:: Apr 26, 2022
Time:: 1252
State:: Michigan
City:: STERLING HEIGHTS
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 0
Tow-Away:: Yes
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 2
Carrier (USDOT):: ROCKET TRANSPORTATION INC (2627575)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
2	9	3	1XKYD49XXFJ433086	PWM8926 (OH)	ROCKET TRANSPORTATION 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_4364322	Feb 28, 2022	OK	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_4221499	Aug 31, 2021	MO	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_4138696	Apr 9, 2021	WV	Injury	0	2
cr_4080517	Dec 13, 2020	OH	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_4057034	Sep 17, 2020	IL	Injury	0	1
cr_3996040	Jul 3, 2020	TN	Injury	0	8
cr_3992943	Dec 9, 2019	IL	Injury	0	3
cr_3774579	Mar 12, 2019	CA	Injury	0	3
cr_3747710	Jan 17, 2019	MI	Fatal	1	0
cr_3506401	Nov 13, 2017	IA	Tow-Away	0	0

Related records

Vehicle

2015 KENWORTH T680

NHTSA recalls and complaints for this make/model/year.

Recall

24V145000

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:RESERVOIR/TANK

Recall

20V199000

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

ROCKET TRANSPORTATION INC

USDOT 2627575 · 14 crashes · 0 inspections

Vehicle

VIN: 1XKYD49XXFJ433086

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State

Crashes in Michigan

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Crashes in STERLING HEIGHTS, MI

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