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Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

MEDIA Preliminary Loss Reports

About Preliminary Loss Reports (PLRs)

PLRs are intended to be used as an engagement tool for leaders to discuss the hazards and trends impacting Soldier safety and readiness. A PLR contains only basic information, as the investigation is ongoing, but provides sufficient background to allow leaders an opportunity to communicate risk at the Soldier level.

 

PLR 18-097 - Civilian Aircraft Mishap Claims One Soldier’s Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Aviation
A 34-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 assigned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard died in a personally owned aircraft mishap 24 August 2018 in Hanson, Massachusetts, at 1630 local. The Soldier was piloting a civilian aircraft when he crashed near an airport. At the time of the mishap, he was home on emergency leave from Title-10 mobilization in Kosovo.

 

 

PLR 18-096 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 21-year-old Specialist assigned to 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died in a PMV-2 mishap 24 August 2018 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at 0807 local. The Soldier was operating a motorcycle with the right of way when he collided with a truck that turned into his path of travel. He was wearing PPE and had completed the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse.

 

 

PLR 18-095 - Aviation Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Aviation
A Chief Warrant Officer 3 assigned to U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in an aviation mishap 19 August 2018 at a forward-deployed location. The USACRC is leading a safety investigation into the mishap.

PLR 18-094 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A 22-year-old Specialist assigned to 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, died in a PMV-4 mishap 18 August 2018 in McKinley County, New Mexico, at 2245 local. The Soldier was operating a rented vehicle on the interstate when it struck the rear of a pickup towing a fifth-wheel trailer. Excessive speed and driver inattentiveness are suspected as contributing factors. The Soldier was reportedly not wearing a seat belt.

  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there were 37,461 traffic fatalities in 2016. Among them, 10,111 (27 percent) were in crashes where at least one driver was speeding.

  • In fatal crashes, 50 percent of speeding passenger vehicle drivers were unrestrained at the time of the crash, compared to 21 percent of non-speeding passenger vehicle drivers.

  • Young male drivers were the most likely to be speeding at the time of the fatal crash. Nearly one-third (32 percent) of male drivers in the 15- to 20-year-old age group involved in fatal crashes were speeding at the time of the crash, compared to 22 percent for female drivers in the same age group.

  • Drivers who were speeding when involved in fatal crashes were more likely to have been drinking - and drinking more - than those drivers who were not speeding.

PLR 18-093 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A 22-year-old Specialist assigned to 1st Armor Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, died in a PMV-4 mishap 17 August 2018 in Pecos, Texas, at 0850 local. The Soldier was thrown from his vehicle after it reportedly left the interstate and overturned. Seat belt use is unknown at this time.

  • Forty-eight percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were killed in traffic crashes in 2016 were unrestrained.

  • Seat belts saved an estimated 14,668 lives of passenger vehicle occupants 5 and older in 2016.

  • Research has found that lap/shoulder seat belts, when used, reduce the risk of fatal injury to front seat passenger car occupants by 45 percent and the risk of moderate-to-critical injury by 50 percent.
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