Crash Record IA2501487349

FMCSA crash record in No city county crash on Jun 16, 2025.

Tow-Away HazMat Federal Recordable

What happened

On June 16, 2025, FMCSA recorded a tow-away crash with no reported injuries in No city county crash, Iowa. The vehicle was operated by L L PELLING CO INC (USDOT 725553). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. Reported by L L PELLING CO INC, FMCSA reference IA2501487349.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 993 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Vehicles
1
Carrier
L L PELLING CO INC
Vehicle Type
Truck
Severity
Tow-Away

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)
3
0 injury · 3 tow-away
Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)
3.4
5 crashes · 148 units
Days since prior carrier crash
207
Last on Nov 21, 2024
Vs fleet-size peers
above the median
Cohort median 0.0 · 25,423 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within No city county crash, Iowa, 993 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 #:
IA2501487349
Date:
Jun 16, 2025
Time:
1603
State:
Iowa
City:
No city county crash
Fatalities:
0
Injuries:
0
Tow-Away:
Yes
HazMat:
Yes
Vehicles:
1
Carrier (USDOT):
L L PELLING CO INC (725553)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

# Config Cargo Type VIN Plate Carrier GVW HazMat
1 5 3 1NKWL40X5GJ481971 NYB792 (IA) L L PELLING CO INC 3 No

Hazardous Materials Involved

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

Crash event

Event sequence description.

2:1:NONCOLLISION:RAN OFF ROAD;3:17:COLLISION INVOLVING ANIMAL;1:6:NONCOLLISION:EXPLOSION OR FIRE

Other crashes by this carrier

10 additional crash record(s) on file.

Record Date State Severity Fatalities Injuries
cr_5040269 Oct 8, 2025 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_5017586 Aug 26, 2025 IA Injury 0 1
cr_4850955 Nov 21, 2024 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4807579 Sep 12, 2024 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4569270 Jun 6, 2023 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4434596 Oct 11, 2022 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4417975 Aug 25, 2022 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4371676 Jun 15, 2022 IA Injury 0 1
cr_4233902 Oct 13, 2021 IA Tow-Away 0 0
cr_4090457 Oct 28, 2020 IA Tow-Away 0 0

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