Crash Record CO2022001407

FMCSA crash record in Colorado on Sep 7, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On September 7, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in Colorado. The vehicle was operated by BASIN WESTERN INC (USDOT 167011). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by BASIN WESTERN INC, FMCSA reference CO2022001407.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 9 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
BASIN WESTERN INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
9
2 injury · 9 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
3.0
3 crashes · 99 units
Days since prior carrier crash
46
Last on Jul 23, 2022
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,773 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within Colorado, 3,080 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 #:
CO2022001407
Date:
Sep 7, 2022
Time:
1611
State:
Colorado
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
BASIN WESTERN INC (167011)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 4 1XP5DB9X47D655382 IRL3257 (NM) BASIN WESTERN 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_5082345 Dec 21, 2025 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5076234 Dec 8, 2025 NV Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4937938 Apr 22, 2025 TX Injury 0 4
cr_4778736 Jul 7, 2024 UT Injury 0 2
cr_4769306 Apr 30, 2024 CO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4664685 Nov 17, 2023 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4603877 Aug 4, 2023 UT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4492300 Jan 6, 2023 UT Injury 0 2
cr_4398186 Jul 23, 2022 UT Injury 0 1
cr_4370086 May 17, 2022 UT Injury 0 1

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