Crash Record MO0000111404

FMCSA crash record in NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE on Dec 27, 2024.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On December 27, 2024, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE, Missouri. The vehicle was operated by SAW TRANSIT LLC (USDOT 2927239). Recorded conditions: 2 / 2 / 2 pavement. Reported by SAW TRANSIT LLC, FMCSA reference MO0000111404.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 6 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 4131 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
1
Carrier
SAW TRANSIT LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
6
2 injury · 6 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
6.7
9 crashes · 135 units
Days since prior carrier crash
8
Last on Dec 19, 2024
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,376 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE, Missouri, 4,131 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
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 #:
MO0000111404
Date:
Dec 27, 2024
Time:
0515
State:
Missouri
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
1
Carrier (USDOT):
SAW TRANSIT LLC (2927239)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 7 3 1FUJHHDR7KLKL3629 R707750 (TX) SAW TRANSIT LLC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:98:OTHER;2:98:OTHER:OTHER;3:6:NONCOLLISION:EXPLOSION OR FIRE;4:18:COLLISION INVOLVING FIXED OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5112192 Feb 14, 2026 TX Injury 0 1
cr_5072788 Nov 21, 2025 TX Fatal 1 0
cr_5055375 Oct 29, 2025 LA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5042210 Oct 7, 2025 OH Injury 0 1
cr_5031358 Sep 9, 2025 IL Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4911120 Mar 17, 2025 MA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4865544 Dec 19, 2024 NC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4850445 Nov 26, 2024 AR Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4799868 Jul 15, 2024 TX Injury 0 1
cr_4785443 Jun 30, 2024 WI Injury 0 2

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How to evaluate a carrier's crash record

  1. Look at frequency, not any single crash. A single crash record rarely tells you anything decisive about a carrier. Pull the carrier's full multi-year crash list and look at the rate over time — clusters and trends matter more than any one event.
  2. Calculate crashes per power unit when data is available. Divide the 24-month crash count by the carrier's reported power units. A rate of one crash per power unit per year is high; a rate of one crash per ten power units per year is closer to industry baseline. Skip this step when power_units is missing or zero — the rate is meaningless without it.
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  4. Compare against fleet-size peers. Crash counts cannot be compared directly between fleets of different sizes. Use the SMS Crash Indicator percentile, or compare the carrier's crashes-per-power-unit rate against the median for its fleet-size cohort. A 50-truck carrier with 4 crashes in 24 months looks very different from a 5-truck carrier with the same count.
  5. Cross-reference with the SMS BASIC Crash Indicator. FMCSA's Safety Measurement System publishes a Crash Indicator percentile when the carrier has enough crashes and exposure to score. A score in the 65th percentile or higher triggers federal intervention thresholds. Always sanity-check raw crash counts against the percentile before drawing conclusions.

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How does this crash affect the carrier's safety scores?
Crash records feed FMCSA's Crash Indicator BASIC inside the Safety Measurement System (SMS). Each FMCSA-reportable crash counts for two years from the crash date and is weighted by severity (fatal / injury / tow-only). The Crash Indicator score is normalized against the carrier's power-unit count and exposure, so larger fleets need more crashes to score the same percentile as smaller ones. Non-reportable crashes do not enter the score.
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