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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 18-094 - 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.

PLR 18-092 - PMV-4 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-4
A 22-year-old Specialist assigned to the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Georgia, died in a PMV-4 mishap 11 August 2018 in Caldwell, Texas, at 0330 local. The Soldier’s vehicle reportedly crossed the centerline, struck oncoming traffic head-on and rolled numerous times.

PLR 18-091 - Swimming Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, Sports & Recreation
A 28-year-old Specialist assigned to U.S. Army Europe died in a swimming mishap 6 August 2018 at Riedsee Bei Leeheim, Hesse, Germany, at 1650 local. The Soldier swam with a group to a large inflatable approximately 30-40 meters out, and submerged while returning to shore. He was recovered and transported to a local hospital, where he died from water inhalation complications.

PLR 18-090 - PMV-2 Mishap Claims One Soldier's Life

Posting Date:   /   Categories: Preliminary Loss Reports, PMV-2
A 24-year-old Sergeant assigned to 1st Armor Division, Fort Bliss, Texas, died in a PMV-2 mishap 5 August 2018, in El Paso, Texas, at 2015 local. The Soldier was riding on a highway with other riders when his motorcycle struck the rear end of a vehicle as it prepared to exit via an off-ramp. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Speed is suspected as a contributing factor. The Soldier had not completed the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic RiderCourse, and personal protective equipment use was not reported.
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