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Crash Record AZ2025013006

FMCSA crash record in Tonopah on Mar 1, 2025.

Fatal Federal Recordable

What happened

On March 1, 2025, FMCSA recorded a fatal crash that resulted in 3 deaths in Tonopah, Arizona. The vehicle was operated by CACTUS CARGO LLC (USDOT 2829537). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by CACTUS CARGO LLC, FMCSA reference AZ2025013006.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 55 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
3
Injuries
1
Vehicles
8
Carrier
CACTUS CARGO LLC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Fatal

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
1
1 fatal · 1 injury
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
50.0
1 crashes · 2 units
Days since prior carrier crash
764
Last on Jan 27, 2023
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 3,568,580 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within Tonopah, Arizona, 55 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
1
Weather
—
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 #:
AZ2025013006
Date:
Mar 1, 2025
Time:
1248
State:
Arizona
City:
Tonopah
Fatalities:
3
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
8
Carrier (USDOT):
CACTUS CARGO LLC (2829537)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 9 5 1XKWD49X06R143450 R330882 (TX) CACTUS CARGO LLC 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT;2:13:COLLISION INVOLVING MOTOR VEHICLE IN TRANSPORT

Other crashes by this carrier

4 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4501256 Jan 27, 2023 MI Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4493109 Jan 10, 2023 MO Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4213226 Aug 27, 2021 MT Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3570495 Feb 3, 2018 MD Tow-Away 0 0

Related records

Carrier
CACTUS CARGO LLC
USDOT 2829537 · 5 crashes · 54 inspections
Safety
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Vehicle
VIN: 1XKWD49X06R143450
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State
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Agency
CACTUS CARGO LLC
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City
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