Crash Record CA0009557993

FMCSA crash record in LONG BEACH on Oct 26, 2022.

Injury Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On October 26, 2022, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in LONG BEACH, California. The vehicle was operated by LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY (USDOT 2735822). Recorded conditions: 3 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, FMCSA reference CA0009557993.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 15 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 207 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
15
5 injury · 14 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
3.8
11 crashes · 293 units
Days since prior carrier crash
27
Last on Sep 29, 2022
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,695 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within LONG BEACH, California, 207 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 #:
CA0009557993
Date:
Oct 26, 2022
Time:
2258
State:
California
City:
LONG BEACH
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
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 5FYU4FY035C028331 1189001 (CA) LONG BEACH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 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_5104837 Jan 14, 2026 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5065988 Nov 11, 2025 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5104838 Oct 2, 2025 CA Injury 0 3
cr_5051067 Jul 12, 2025 CA Injury 0 1
cr_5060597 Jun 17, 2025 CA Injury 0 2
cr_4950904 May 11, 2025 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4944807 May 6, 2025 CA Injury 0 2
cr_4930401 Mar 23, 2025 CA Injury 0 1
cr_4886093 Dec 18, 2024 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4894008 Nov 6, 2024 CA Injury 0 2

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