Crash Record OH0245012583

FMCSA crash record in RUGGLES (TOWNSHIP OF) on Jan 20, 2024.

Fatal Federal Recordable

What happened

On January 20, 2024, FMCSA recorded a fatal crash that resulted in one death in RUGGLES (TOWNSHIP OF), Ohio. The vehicle was operated by DEM BOYZ TRUCKING LLC (USDOT 3381655). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by DEM BOYZ TRUCKING, LLC,, FMCSA reference OH0245012583.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 4 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 1–5 power units.

Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
DEM BOYZ TRUCKING LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Fatal

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
4
1 fatal · 0 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 4 units
Days since prior carrier crash
3
Last on Jan 17, 2024
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,561,123 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 #:
OH0245012583
Date:
Jan 20, 2024
Time:
1135
State:
Ohio
Fatalities:
1
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 9 3 3HSDZAPR3KN071275 0374F4 (MD) DEM BOYZ TRUCKING, LLC, 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT;3:18:COLLISION INVOLVING FIXED OBJECT;4:18:COLLISION INVOLVING FIXED OBJECT;2:6:NONCOLLISION:EXPLOSION OR FIRE

Other crashes by this carrier

3 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5059201 Jan 17, 2024 MD Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4686525 Jan 9, 2024 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4901281 Feb 15, 2023 NJ Tow-Away 0 0

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