Crash Record RI0000724690

FMCSA crash record in JOHNSTON on Sep 6, 2023.

Injury Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On September 6, 2023, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in JOHNSTON, Rhode Island. The vehicle was operated by DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES LP (USDOT 350651). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES, FMCSA reference RI0000724690.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 200 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 500+ power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES LP
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
200
3 fatal · 73 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
1.2
128 crashes · 10,690 units
Days since prior carrier crash
6
Last on Aug 31, 2023
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,835 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within JOHNSTON, Rhode Island, 16 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
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 #:
RI0000724690
Date:
Sep 6, 2023
Time:
0858
State:
Rhode Island
City:
JOHNSTON
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 4DRBUC8P3MB045634 7848 (RI) DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES 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
cmtch5od70013pmuc6hneu1jy Aug 24, 2026 MN Injury 0 1
cr_5121059 Mar 16, 2026 NJ Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5117528 Feb 13, 2026 MI Injury 0 1
cr_5118556 Feb 11, 2026 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5119826 Feb 2, 2026 PA Injury 0 1
cr_5110394 Jan 30, 2026 TX Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5118050 Jan 30, 2026 CT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5113747 Jan 28, 2026 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5120404 Jan 23, 2026 PA Injury 0 2
cr_5092258 Jan 22, 2026 MN Tow-Away 0 0

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