Crash Record CA0009543802

FMCSA crash record in LAGUNA BEACH on Dec 10, 2022.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On December 10, 2022, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in LAGUNA BEACH, California. The vehicle was operated by CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH (USDOT 2810284). Recorded conditions: 3 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH, FMCSA reference CA0009543802.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
3
0 injury · 3 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
8.0
2 crashes · 25 units
Days since prior carrier crash
124
Last on Aug 8, 2022
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,690 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within LAGUNA BEACH, California, 10 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
3
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 #:
CA0009543802
Date:
Dec 10, 2022
Time:
2042
State:
California
City:
LAGUNA BEACH
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 1F66F5DY0J0A12479 1551112 (CA) CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH 2 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

6 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5040169 Sep 1, 2025 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4829050 Sep 24, 2024 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4780203 Jun 29, 2024 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4422393 Aug 8, 2022 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4387370 Jun 6, 2022 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3894078 Oct 5, 2019 CA Injury 0 1

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