Crash Record GA0008981270

FMCSA crash record in CEDARTOWN on Apr 23, 2023.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On April 23, 2023, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with 2 people hurt in CEDARTOWN, Georgia. The vehicle was operated by SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC (USDOT 548304). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC, FMCSA reference GA0008981270.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 23 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC

Vehicle Type

Truck

Severity

Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

1 fatal · 8 injury

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

6.6

9 crashes · 137 units

Days since prior carrier crash

Last on Apr 18, 2023

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 26,773 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within CEDARTOWN, Georgia, 14 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

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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 #:: GA0008981270
Date:: Apr 23, 2023
Time:: 1033
State:: Georgia
City:: CEDARTOWN
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 2
Tow-Away:: Yes
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 3
Carrier (USDOT):: SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC (548304)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
1	9	4	1XPBDP9X5KD618088	P777660 (SC)	SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT 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	Injuries
cr_5079194	Dec 18, 2025	SC	Injury	4
cr_5101724	Nov 8, 2025	FL	Tow-Away	0
cr_5039514	Sep 25, 2025	SC	Tow-Away	0
cr_5033612	Sep 24, 2025	WV	Injury	2
cr_5049280	Jul 31, 2025	VA	Tow-Away	0
cr_4940172	May 7, 2025	SC	Tow-Away	0
cr_4869813	Dec 19, 2024	SC	Tow-Away	0
cr_4836945	Nov 4, 2024	VA	Tow-Away	0
cr_4829259	Sep 21, 2024	GA	Tow-Away	0
cr_4733753	Apr 17, 2024	WV	Tow-Away	0

Related records

Vehicle

2019 PETERBILT 579

NHTSA recalls and complaints for this make/model/year.

Recall

22V277000

STEERING:CRITICAL FASTENERS

Recall

21V00N000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Recall

21V906000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

Carrier

SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC

USDOT 548304 · 331 crashes · 342 inspections

Vehicle

VIN: 1XPBDP9X5KD618088

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State

Crashes in Georgia

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Agency

SOUTHERN TANK TRANSPORT INC

Crashes reported by this law-enforcement agency.

City

Crashes in CEDARTOWN, GA

All crashes on file for this city.

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