Crash Record PA504418300X

FMCSA crash record in EARL TOWNSHIP on Apr 30, 2025.

Fatal Federal Recordable

What happened

On April 30, 2025, FMCSA recorded a fatal crash that resulted in one death in EARL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania. The vehicle was operated by M GLOSSER & SONS INC (USDOT 33806). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by GLOSSER STEEL, FMCSA reference PA504418300X.

Fatalities
1
Injuries
1
Vehicles
2
Carrier
M GLOSSER & SONS INC
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)
6.7
1 crashes · 15 units
Days since prior carrier crash
797
Last on Feb 23, 2023
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 314,045 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within EARL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania, 12 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
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 #:
PA504418300X
Date:
Apr 30, 2025
Time:
1106
State:
Pennsylvania
Fatalities:
1
Injuries:
1
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
No
Vehicles:
2
Carrier (USDOT):
M GLOSSER & SONS INC (33806)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 5 3ALHCYFE9RDVD4825 AH52965 (PA) GLOSSER STEEL 3 No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_4524327 Feb 23, 2023 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_3299039 Oct 26, 2016 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2998059 Feb 12, 2015 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_2983842 Jan 6, 2015 PA Injury 0 1
cr_2370991 Feb 17, 2011 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_1464988 Apr 2, 2002 PA Injury 0 3
cr_946656 Nov 8, 2000 PA Injury 0 1
cr_940108 Jan 26, 2000 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_1000279 May 12, 1999 PA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_957268 Sep 2, 1992 PA Injury 0 1

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