Crash Record SC0024589194

FMCSA crash record in ST STEPHEN on Nov 4, 2024.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On November 4, 2024, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in ST STEPHEN, South Carolina. The vehicle was operated by BAKER TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 4121773). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by BAKER TRANSPORTATION, FMCSA reference SC0024589194.

Carrier pattern note

This is the carrier's 4 crashes in the past 24 months — above the typical pattern (median 0) for fleets of 51–500 power units.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
BAKER TRANSPORTATION LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
4
0 injury · 4 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
3.7
2 crashes · 54 units
Days since prior carrier crash
13
Last on Oct 22, 2024
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 26,602 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 #:
SC0024589194
Date:
Nov 4, 2024
Time:
0657
City:
ST STEPHEN
Fatalities:
0
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 13 1FUJGLDR5BSAZ1702 A000995 (SC) BAKER TRANSPORTATION 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

8 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4857742 Oct 22, 2024 VA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4784621 Jul 25, 2024 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4519726 Jan 26, 2023 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4182863 Jun 28, 2021 SC Injury 0 1
cr_4143813 Apr 12, 2021 SC Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4122265 Mar 8, 2021 SC Injury 0 1
cr_4139924 Sep 29, 2020 SC Injury 0 1
cr_4044940 Sep 17, 2020 SC Tow-Away 0 0

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