Crash Record NC0107867539

FMCSA crash record in GASTONIA on Sep 26, 2024.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On September 26, 2024, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in GASTONIA, North Carolina. The vehicle was operated by WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC (USDOT 795485). Recorded conditions: 1 / 2 / 2 pavement. Reported by WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC, FMCSA reference NC0107867539.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 150 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC

Vehicle Type

Truck

Severity

Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

1 injury · 1 tow-away

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

50.0

1 crashes · 2 units

Days since prior carrier crash

3,942

Last on Dec 11, 2013

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 3,561,123 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within GASTONIA, North Carolina, 150 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

ALLIED SERVICES LLC · 2 reports
CAROLINA WASTE GROUP LLC · 2 reports
GASTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION · 2 reports

Contributing factors

What the responding officer recorded.

Light: 1
Weather: 2
Road surface: 2

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 #:: NC0107867539
Date:: Sep 26, 2024
Time:: 1141
State:: North Carolina
City:: GASTONIA
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 1
Tow-Away:: Yes
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 2
Carrier (USDOT):: WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC (795485)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
1	9	3	1FUJA6CK85LV04764	TD7351 (NC)	WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC	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
cr_2786578	Dec 11, 2013	NC	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_2239751	Mar 9, 2010	SC	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_2158695	Aug 31, 2009	NC	Injury	0	1
cr_2053168	Oct 13, 2008	SC	Injury	0	2
cr_1897084	Nov 20, 2007	NC	Injury	0	3
cr_1889941	Nov 1, 2007	NC	Injury	0	1
cr_1827019	Aug 8, 2006	NC	Injury	0	1
cr_1454373	Jan 6, 2005	NC	Tow-Away	0	0
cr_1390658	Jun 28, 2004	NC	Fatal	1	0
cr_326191	Jan 8, 2002	NC	Injury	0	2

Related records

Vehicle

2005 FREIGHTLINER Columbia

NHTSA recalls and complaints for this make/model/year.

Recall

19V370000

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:RESERVOIR/TANK

STEERING:RACK AND PINION

Carrier

WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC

USDOT 795485 · 12 crashes · 0 inspections

Vehicle

VIN: 1FUJA6CK85LV04764

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State

Crashes in North Carolina

Statewide crash records.

Agency

WHITESIDE COTTON CARRIERS INC

Crashes reported by this law-enforcement agency.

City

Crashes in GASTONIA, NC

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