Crash Record IA2201307617

FMCSA crash record in BRUNSVILLE on Jun 29, 2022.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On June 29, 2022, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in BRUNSVILLE, Iowa. The vehicle was operated by PAT RITZ (USDOT 1704419). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by PAT RITZ, FMCSA reference IA2201307617.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
PAT RITZ
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
1 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 3 units
Days since prior carrier crash
1,323
Last on Nov 14, 2018
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,554,620 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 #:
IA2201307617
Date:
Jun 29, 2022
Time:
0817
State:
Iowa
City:
BRUNSVILLE
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
PAT RITZ (1704419)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 6 2HSFMAERXYC036270 62F110 (SD) PAT RITZ 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT;2:98:OTHER:Other/Pre-crash

Other crashes by this carrier

2 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4787634 Jul 31, 2024 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3717187 Nov 14, 2018 SD Tow-Away 0 0

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