Crash Record NJ0004960608

FMCSA crash record in BARRINGTON BORO on May 2, 2023.

Tow-Away Federal Recordable

What happened

On May 2, 2023, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in BARRINGTON BORO, New Jersey. The vehicle was operated by J & A PARTY RENTALS INC (USDOT 2516257). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by J & A PARTY RENTALS INC, FMCSA reference NJ0004960608.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
2
Carrier
J & A PARTY RENTALS INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
0 injury · 1 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
0.0
0 crashes · 7 units
Days since prior carrier crash
785
Last on Mar 8, 2021
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 314,078 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 #:
NJ0004960608
Date:
May 2, 2023
Time:
1759
State:
New Jersey
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 5 3 1FVACWDT6CDBW7714 XJFW97 (NJ) J & A PARTY RENTALS INC 2 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

2 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4243210 Mar 8, 2021 NJ Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4062969 Jun 13, 2020 NJ Injury 0 3

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