Crash Record FL2498590002

FMCSA crash record in WALDO on Oct 24, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On October 24, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in WALDO, Florida. The vehicle was operated by FIRST COAST TOWING INC (USDOT 1735146). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by FIRST COAST TOWING INC, FMCSA reference FL2498590002.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
FIRST COAST TOWING INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
0 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 9 units
Days since prior carrier crash
1,039
Last on Dec 20, 2019
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,693 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 #:
FL2498590002
Date:
Oct 24, 2022
Time:
1655
State:
Florida
City:
WALDO
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
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 5 5 5PVNJ8JN5H4S52682 E2394E (FL) FIRST COAST TOWING INC 2 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_4735151 Apr 10, 2024 FL Injury 0 1
cr_3904101 Dec 20, 2019 FL Injury 0 2
cr_3845493 Sep 3, 2019 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3766568 Mar 14, 2019 FL Injury 0 1
cr_3498347 Nov 11, 2017 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3458902 Sep 20, 2017 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3400086 May 6, 2017 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3375110 Mar 13, 2017 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3192569 Mar 19, 2016 FL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3136446 Sep 17, 2015 FL Injury 0 1

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