Crash Record OR2023360009

FMCSA crash record in .84 S NEWBERG on May 5, 2023.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On May 5, 2023, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in .84 S NEWBERG, Oregon. The vehicle was operated by SCHMIDT EXCAVATING INC (USDOT 2498943). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by SCHMIDT EXCAVATING INC, FMCSA reference OR2023360009.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
4
Carrier
SCHMIDT EXCAVATING INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
1 injury · 2 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
14.3
1 crashes · 7 units
Days since prior carrier crash
722
Last on May 13, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 312,512 carriers

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 #:
OR2023360009
Date:
May 5, 2023
Time:
1243
State:
Oregon
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
4

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 3 1XPFLR9X1RD354586 YCSY450 (OR) SCHMIDT EXCAVATING INC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

4 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5097958 Oct 28, 2025 OR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4576909 May 22, 2023 OR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4223652 May 13, 2021 OR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3268132 Aug 9, 2016 OR Injury 0 1

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