Crash Record MN0232070096

FMCSA crash record in SAINT MARY on Jul 26, 2023.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On July 26, 2023, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in SAINT MARY, Minnesota. The vehicle was operated by CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE (USDOT 840516). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE, FMCSA reference MN0232070096.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
2
0 injury · 2 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.8
1 crashes · 120 units
Days since prior carrier crash
392
Last on Jun 29, 2022
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,602 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 #:
MN0232070096
Date:
Jul 26, 2023
Time:
1421
State:
Minnesota
City:
SAINT MARY
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 6 4 2NP3LJ9X3LM705921 YBZ3245 (MN) CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE 3 Yes

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_4954602 Jun 2, 2025 MN Injury 0 1
cr_4706390 Feb 19, 2024 MN Injury 0 2
cr_4379753 Jun 29, 2022 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3789014 May 10, 2019 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3705618 Dec 12, 2018 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3480720 Oct 19, 2017 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3388003 Apr 22, 2017 MN Injury 0 1
cr_3216981 May 20, 2016 MN Injury 0 1
cr_3215063 May 19, 2016 MN Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2938136 Oct 28, 2014 MN Injury 0 1

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