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Crash Record IA2301397920

FMCSA crash record in DES MOINES on Dec 13, 2023.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On December 13, 2023, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in DES MOINES, Iowa. The vehicle was operated by CROW AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES INC (USDOT 1000391). Recorded conditions: 2 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by CROW TOW, FMCSA reference IA2301397920.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 5 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 6–50 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 159 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
CROW AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES INC
USDOT 1000391
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
5
2 injury · 5 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
7.1
1 crashes · 14 units
Days since prior carrier crash
15
Last on Nov 28, 2023
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 315,866 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within DES MOINES, Iowa, 159 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
2
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 #:
IA2301397920
Date:
Dec 13, 2023
Time:
1901
State:
Iowa
City:
DES MOINES
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
CROW AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES INC (1000391)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 5 12 1FVACWFC2PHUC8857 MVZ210 (IA) CROW TOW 2 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_4994376 Jun 28, 2025 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4660583 Nov 28, 2023 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4557280 May 12, 2023 IA Injury 0 1
cr_4474397 Dec 15, 2022 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4428158 Sep 29, 2022 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4251624 Nov 9, 2021 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4124310 Mar 17, 2021 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3564418 Dec 10, 2017 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3402239 Mar 17, 2017 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3118994 Nov 7, 2015 IA Tow-Away 0 0

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Carrier
CROW AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES INC
USDOT 1000391 · 16 crashes · 5 inspections
Safety
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Vehicle
VIN: 1FVACWFC2PHUC8857
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State
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Agency
CROW TOW
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How does this crash affect the carrier's safety scores? ▾
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