Crash Record GA0008462986

FMCSA crash record in VALDOSTA on Mar 17, 2022.

Injury Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On March 17, 2022, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in VALDOSTA, Georgia. The vehicle was operated by UMBRELLA BUSES INC (USDOT 3309402). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by UMBRELLA BUSES INC, FMCSA reference GA0008462986.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
UMBRELLA BUSES INC
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
2 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
46.7
7 crashes · 15 units
Days since prior carrier crash
362
Last on Mar 20, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,690 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within VALDOSTA, Georgia, 20 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
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 #:
GA0008462986
Date:
Mar 17, 2022
Time:
1257
State:
Georgia
City:
VALDOSTA
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
No
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
UMBRELLA BUSES INC (3309402)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 4 2 YE2XC81B8J3049506 LB56AN (FL) UMBRELLA BUSES 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_5100464 Jan 16, 2026 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5096341 Nov 8, 2025 NC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5039117 Sep 23, 2025 GA Injury 0 2
cr_5060222 Aug 20, 2025 GA Injury 0 1
cr_5079790 May 6, 2025 GA Injury 0 1
cr_4954961 May 6, 2025 GA Injury 0 1
cr_4850494 Nov 23, 2024 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4741409 Apr 20, 2024 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4676852 Dec 30, 2023 FL Injury 0 1
cr_4590141 Jun 29, 2023 GA Injury 0 1

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