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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 18-068 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 25-year-old Sergeant assigned to 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in PMV-2 mishap 8 May 2018 in Clarksville, Tennessee, at 2058 local. The Soldier was operating his motorcycle with the right of way when he collided with an SUV that turned left in his path. The Soldier was wearing his personal protective equipment but died at the scene.

PLR 18-067 - Army Motor Vehicle Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Army Vehicle
A Private assigned to the Tennessee Army National Guard died in an Army motor vehicle mishap 7 May 2018 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, at 0530 local. The Soldier was attempting to connect a HEMTT and a fuel pod trailer when she was pinned between them. The USACRC is leading a centralized accident investigation into the incident.

  • Use ground guides when operating in congested areas and while backing.
  • Remind operators to immediately stop the vehicle if they lose sight of the ground guide.
  • Remind Soldiers to never place themselves between a vehicle that is in operation and a stationary object unless it is properly chocked.

PLR 18-066 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A Staff Sergeant assigned to U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, died in a PMV-2 mishap 7 May 2018 in Clinton, North Carolina, at 1530 local. The Soldier was operating a motorcycle when it collided with another vehicle while traveling through a four-way stop. He was wearing personal protective equipment and had completed the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse.

PLR 18-065 - Pedestrian Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Pedestrian
A Lieutenant Colonel assigned to the Office of the Judge Advocate General, Arlington, Virginia, died in a pedestrian mishap 30 April 2018 in Arlington. The Soldier was reportedly struck by a vehicle and died at a local hospital.

  • Pedestrians were one of the few groups of road users to experience an increase in fatalities in the U.S. in 2015, totaling 5,376 deaths.

  • On average, a pedestrian is killed nearly every 1.5 hours in traffic crashes.

  • Twenty-six percent of pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. occur from 6 to 8:59 p.m.

  • Washington, D.C. has the third highest number of pedestrian fatalities in the U.S. Only Puerto Rico and New York have higher numbers.

  • In 2016, more than two-thirds (70 percent) of pedestrians killed in traffic crashes were male.

PLR 18-064 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A Specialist assigned to 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died 30 April 2018 from injuries sustained in PMV-4 mishap nine days earlier in Clarksville, Tennessee, at 0400 local. The Soldier was a passenger in a vehicle that went out of control on an interstate and came to a rest inverted in the median. The driver suffered minor injuries. Local authorities suspect alcohol was a factor.

  • Drivers with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or higher involved in fatal crashes were 4.5 times more likely to have a prior conviction for DWI than drivers with no alcohol in their systems.

  • Every day, nearly 29 people in the U.S. die in alcohol-impaired vehicle crashes; that's one person every 50 minutes.

  • The 25- to 34-year-old age group had the highest percentage (27 percent) of drivers with a BAC of .08 percent or higher in fatal crashes compared to other age groups.
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