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CHEROKEE NATIONAL Truck Accidents — What the Federal Record Shows

CHEROKEE NATIONAL trucks were involved in 14 federally reported crashes in the past two years (since Jul 2024) — 1 of them fatal.

18

Crashes on record

Jun 2026

Most recent crash

1

Fatal crashes

$1M

Liability insurance on file

14

Crashes · past 2 years

1

Fatal · past 2 years

CHEROKEE NATIONAL has more crashes on record than 3 in 4 fleets this size with crash records. The most recent fatal crash falls within the past six months.

TRIBE LEASING LLC · USDOT 2628661 · Gainesville, GA · 170 power units · large fleet

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What crashes are on CHEROKEE NATIONAL's federal record?

1 of the crashes on this record was fatal.

DateStateSeverityDeathsInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026TNInjury01Yes
May 12, 2026NCFatal11Yes
Apr 20, 2026TNProperty damage00Yes
Apr 9, 2026ARProperty damage00Yes
Mar 20, 2026FLProperty damage00Yes
Feb 6, 2026LAProperty damage00Yes
Dec 28, 2025FLInjury01Yes
Sep 11, 2025ALProperty damage00Yes
Sep 7, 2025NCProperty damage00Yes
Apr 19, 2025GAProperty damage00Yes
Apr 5, 2025GAProperty damage00Yes
Mar 28, 2025VAInjury01Yes
Dec 31, 2024FLProperty damage00Yes
Sep 11, 2024NCProperty damage00Yes
Jul 10, 2024NCSevere injury02Yes
Jul 3, 2024FLInjury01Yes
May 30, 2024GAProperty damage00Yes
May 20, 2024CAProperty damage00Yes

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Why these columns: a crash enters the federal file only when it involved a death, an injury taken for immediate medical care, or a vehicle towed disabled from the scene — the federal reportable-crash threshold. Property-damage-only crashes below that threshold are not in this record.

Who insures CHEROKEE NATIONAL trucks — and for how much?

Liability insurance is the coverage carriers file with federal regulators (the federal category is called "BIPD" — Bodily Injury & Property Damage). The figure below is this carrier's filed limit — a compliance floor, not necessarily the full coverage available.

Filed Liability Limit

$1M

Primary Insurer

The Travelers Indemnity Co. Of Connecticut

ACTIVE FILINGS (ALL TYPES): 1 | SELF-INSURED: No

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How often do CHEROKEE NATIONAL trucks fail safety inspections?

Vehicle Out-of-Service (OOS) Rate

CARRIER: 11.5% | NATL AVG: 14.5%

Driver Out-of-Service (OOS) Rate

CARRIER: 1.5% | NATL AVG: 6.2%

At or below the national average (▸ marker).

What these records mean if you were injured

Fleet-wide averages don't decide individual cases. Liability turns on what this specific driver, dispatcher, and truck's logs show in the hours before your crash.

Across 369 federal inspections in the past two years, CHEROKEE NATIONAL's vehicle out-of-service rate (11.5%) places below the median of comparable high-inspection-volume carriers with crash records.

$1M in liability coverage is on file — 1.3× the $750K federal floor for general freight.

In Tennessee, a personal-injury lawsuit must generally be filed within 1 year of the crash.

For the most recent crash on this record, that general window runs to about Jun 2027.

For a death, the deadline generally runs from the date of death, not the crash date — FMCSA counts a death within 30 days of the crash as a crash fatality.

There are exceptions — which ones apply to your case is a lawyer's job.

What to do if you were injured in a CHEROKEE NATIONAL crash

Federal records document crashes; they don't assign fault — fault is established by investigation, police reports, and litigation.

The carrier named here may not be the only responsible party — brokers, shippers, and manufacturers sit outside this record, each on their own clock.

Federal driver-log retention for this crash: expires Dec 2026.

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USDOT 2628661 · Tribe Leasing LLC

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Why timing matters

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Institutional appendix · technical record & compliance

Federal violation record — 172 violations recorded in the trailing 24-month inspection window; categories at or above the 80th percentile: unsafe driving. Source: FMCSA SMS BASIC.

Night-driving crash pattern

The Safeny Night-Driving Pattern: Of 13 documented crashes in the past 5 years, 9 occurred in dark conditions. This represents a 69.2% dark-condition share, which is statistically distinct (p<0.001) from the national FMCSA baseline of 25.7%.

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