Crash Record AR2022565604

FMCSA crash record in RURAL(HOT SPRING COUNTY) on Oct 29, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On October 29, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in RURAL(HOT SPRING COUNTY), Arkansas. The vehicle was operated by MERCATOR GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC (USDOT 2540798). Recorded conditions: 1 / 2 / 2 pavement. FMCSA reference AR2022565604.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 16 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 1–5 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 70 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
3
Carrier
MERCATOR GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
16
6 injury · 15 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 1 units
Days since prior carrier crash
18
Last on Oct 11, 2022
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,554,496 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within RURAL(HOT SPRING COUNTY), Arkansas, 70 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
2
Road surface
2

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 #:
AR2022565604
Date:
Oct 29, 2022
Time:
1100
State:
Arkansas
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
3

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
2 9 3 3H3V532K7NS076065 2855355 (ME) MERCATOR GLOBAL LOGISTICS LLC 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_4484956 Dec 13, 2022 FL Injury 0 1
cr_4436164 Oct 11, 2022 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4626478 Aug 15, 2022 OK Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4407109 Aug 14, 2022 OH Injury 0 1
cr_4369987 Jun 9, 2022 NE Injury 0 2
cr_4371035 Jun 2, 2022 WI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4287588 Dec 23, 2021 MD Injury 0 1
cr_4275595 Dec 5, 2021 MT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4306916 Nov 28, 2021 GA Injury 0 2
cr_4231901 Oct 1, 2021 TN Tow-Away 0 0

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