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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 18-061 - Pedestrian Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Pedestrian
A Corporal assigned to U.S. Army Reserve Command died in a pedestrian mishap 5 April 2018 in Orlando, Florida, at 0230 local. The Soldier was in battle assembly/drill status when he was struck by a vehicle as he crossed an intersection on foot.

PLR 18-060 - Tactical Vehicle Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Army Vehicle
A Private assigned to 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, died in a tactical vehicle mishap 10 April 2018 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, at 2100 local. The Soldier was sleeping beside his assigned vehicle when a Stryker that was being positioned for parking struck him and another Solider. The second Soldier suffered non-life threatening injuries. The USACRC is leading a centralized accident investigation into the mishap.

PLR 18-059 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 34-year-old Staff Sergeant assigned to Combined Arms Support Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, died in a PMV-2 mishap 7 April 2018 in Newport News, Virginia, at 0029 local. The Soldier was riding his motorcycle on an interstate when he struck the rear of another vehicle and then a jersey barrier.

PLR 18-058 - Aviation Mishap Claims Two Soldiers' Lives

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Aviation
A 37-year-old Chief Warrant Officer 3 and 28-year-old Warrant Officer 1 assigned to 101st Aviation Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died 6 April 2018 in an aviation mishap on the installation at 2140 local. At the time of the accident, the Soldiers were conducting aerial gunnery training under night vision systems. The USACRC is leading a centralized accident investigation into the mishap.

PLR 18-057 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A Staff Sergeant assigned to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died in a PMV-4 mishap 31 March 2018 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at 0400 local. The Soldier was reportedly driving above the posted speed limit when his vehicle exited the roadway, struck a tree and caught fire.

  • Drivers who travel at higher speeds have less time to identify and react to what is happening around them. It takes them longer to stop. And if there is a crash, it is more severe, causing greater injury to the occupants and any pedestrian or rider they hit.

  • Excessive speed contributes to 14 percent of collisions in which someone is killed, 7 percent of crashes resulting in a serious injury and 4 percent of all injury collisions. In 2015, 222 people were killed in crashes involving someone exceeding the speed limit and a further 167 people died when someone was traveling too fast for the conditions.

  • Approximately two-thirds of all crashes in which people are killed or injured happen on roads with a speed limit of 30 mph or less. At 35 mph a driver is twice as likely to kill someone as they are at 30 mph.
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