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Crash Record CA0009786166

FMCSA crash record in GARDENA on Oct 5, 2024.

Fatal HazMat Federal Recordable Bus

What happened

On October 5, 2024, FMCSA recorded a fatal crash that resulted in one death in GARDENA, California. The vehicle was operated by CITY OF GARDENA (USDOT 2671030). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by GTRANS, FMCSA reference CA0009786166.

Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Vehicles
4
Carrier
CITY OF GARDENA
Vehicle Type
Bus
Severity
Fatal

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
3
1 fatal · 0 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
3.4
4 crashes · 118 units
Days since prior carrier crash
379
Last on Sep 22, 2023
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 25,423 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 #:
CA0009786166
Date:
Oct 5, 2024
Time:
1809
State:
California
City:
GARDENA
Fatalities:
1
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
Yes
Vehicles:
4
Carrier (USDOT):
CITY OF GARDENA (2671030)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 4 2 1N9APA9N7PC084122 1678187 (CA) GTRANS 3 No

Hazardous Materials Involved

This crash involved a vehicle carrying hazardous materials. No hazardous material release was reported.

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:13:COLLISION INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE IN TRANSPORT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5111854 Jan 27, 2026 CA Injury 0 2
cr_4989966 Jul 10, 2025 CA Injury 0 5
cr_4927178 Feb 6, 2025 CA Injury 0 1
cr_4633664 Sep 22, 2023 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4592599 Jun 23, 2023 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4373840 May 31, 2022 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4314039 Nov 28, 2021 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4251045 Nov 2, 2021 CA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4247367 Oct 26, 2021 CA Injury 0 5
cr_4288732 May 20, 2021 CA Fatal 1 0

Related records

Carrier
CITY OF GARDENA
USDOT 2671030 · 19 crashes · 42 inspections
Vehicle
VIN: 1N9APA9N7PC084122
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State
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Agency
GTRANS
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  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.

Frequently asked questions about FMCSA crash records

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Was this crash the carrier's fault? ▾
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How does this crash affect the carrier's safety scores? ▾
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Will this crash show up on the carrier's CSA SMS scores? ▾
If the federal_recordable flag on this record is true, yes — it will appear in the carrier's Crash Indicator BASIC for two years from the crash date. Crashes flagged state-only (state_recordable) are visible on the public crash file but do not enter the federal score.
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