Crash Record MN0223250023

FMCSA crash record in LIVONIA on Nov 21, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On November 21, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in LIVONIA, Minnesota. The vehicle was operated by PALMER BUS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC (USDOT 2783923). Recorded conditions: 5 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by PALMER BUS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC, FMCSA reference MN0223250023.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
PALMER BUS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
0 injury · 2 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 144 units
Days since prior carrier crash
349
Last on Dec 7, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,672 carriers

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light
5
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 #:
MN0223250023
Date:
Nov 21, 2022
Time:
0641
State:
Minnesota
City:
LIVONIA
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 4 2 1T88T4E1891117012 SB86010 (MN) PALMER BUS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

1 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4266400 Dec 7, 2021 MN Tow-Away 0 0

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