Crash Record SC0022577503

FMCSA crash record in CHARLESTON on Nov 18, 2022.

Injury Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On November 18, 2022, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in CHARLESTON, South Carolina. The vehicle was operated by FIRST STUDENT INC (USDOT 354406). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by FIRST STUDENT INC, FMCSA reference SC0022577503.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 643 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 500+ power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 54 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

FIRST STUDENT INC

Vehicle Type

Bus

Severity

Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

643

7 fatal · 266 injury

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

1.4

505 crashes · 34,955 units

Days since prior carrier crash

Last on Nov 16, 2022

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 3,853 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within CHARLESTON, South Carolina, 54 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

CHARLESTON COUNTY · 2 reports
AQUATIC POOLS AND SPAS LLC · 1 reports
AMERICAN TRANSPORT SERVICES LLC · 1 reports

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 #:: SC0022577503
Date:: Nov 18, 2022
Time:: 0730
State:: South Carolina
City:: CHARLESTON
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 1
Tow-Away:: Yes
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 3
Carrier (USDOT):: FIRST STUDENT INC (354406)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
1	4	2	4UZABRFC4MCMP6286	BC7911 (SC)	FIRST STUDENT 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
cmuar6ljk000bpma7lkzkmmfh	Sep 15, 2026	ME	Fatal	1	1
cmuar6lln001hpma7zwjojbyp	Sep 14, 2026	MO	Tow-Away	0	0
cmsw88so600rhpev3x8531vrh	Aug 5, 2026	MO	Tow-Away	0	0
cmqkg78co00knp8fy0m4z4x21	Jun 10, 2026	NJ	Injury	0	1
cmny3yh7c016hk38vejvw7z1u	Apr 1, 2026	OH	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_5127200	Mar 31, 2026	MN	Injury	0	1
cmny3ygwq00wdk38v79rqx4gq	Mar 31, 2026	MN	Injury	0	1
cr_5124701	Mar 25, 2026	MN	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_5126532	Mar 24, 2026	LA	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_5121885	Mar 16, 2026	PA	Injury	0	1

Related records

Carrier

FIRST STUDENT INC

USDOT 354406 · 8,069 crashes · 17,420 inspections

Vehicle

VIN: 4UZABRFC4MCMP6286

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State

Crashes in South Carolina

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Agency

FIRST STUDENT INC

Crashes reported by this law-enforcement agency.

City

Crashes in CHARLESTON, SC

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