Crash Record LA2026025926

FMCSA crash record in LAKE CHARLES on Mar 6, 2026.

Injury Federal Recordable

What happened

On March 6, 2026, FMCSA recorded an injury crash with one person hurt in LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana. The vehicle was operated by DOWN SOUTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC (USDOT 4469408). Recorded conditions: 1 / 1 / 1 pavement. FMCSA reference LA2026025926.

Geographic note

This crash is part of an active corridor: 94 crashes occurred in the same city in the past 24 months.

Fatalities

Injuries

Vehicles

Carrier

DOWN SOUTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC

USDOT 4469408

Vehicle Type

Truck

Severity

Injury

This carrier's crash pattern

Derived from the carrier's full crash history.

Carrier crashes (24 mo)

1 injury · 0 tow-away

Crashes per 100 power units (24 mo)

14.3

1 crashes · 7 units

Prior carrier crash

—

No earlier crash on file

Vs fleet-size peers

above the median

Cohort median 0.0 · 315,639 carriers

Geographic context

How this crash sits in its setting.

Within LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana, 94 other commercial vehicle crashes have been recorded in the past 24 months.

Agencies most active in this area:

Calcasieu Parish School Board · 2 reports
CALCASIEU PARISH SCHOOL BOARD · 2 reports
DELTA FUEL COMPANY LLC · 2 reports

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 #:: LA2026025926
Date:: Mar 6, 2026
Time:: 0644
State:: Louisiana
City:: LAKE CHARLES
Fatalities:: 0
Injuries:: 1
Tow-Away:: No
HazMat:: No
Vehicles:: 2
Carrier (USDOT):: DOWN SOUTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC (4469408)

Vehicles / units involved

1 commercial motor vehicle(s) in this crash.

#	Config	Cargo Type	VIN	Plate	Carrier	GVW	HazMat
2	9	6	1XP5DB9XXYD520876	Z562498 (LA)	DOWN SOUTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC	3	No

Crash event

Event sequence description.

2:98:OTHER;1:20:COLLISION INVOLVING OTHER MOVABLE OBJECT;4:98:OTHER;3:98:OTHER

Carrier booking & risk tools

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Related records

Vehicle

2000 PETERBILT 379

NHTSA recalls and complaints for this make/model/year.

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Recall

01V140006

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Carrier

DOWN SOUTH CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC

USDOT 4469408 · 1 crashes · 5 inspections

Safety

Carrier inspections

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Vehicle

VIN: 1XP5DB9XXYD520876

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State

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City

Crashes in LAKE CHARLES, LA

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