Rankings ยท Vehicles

Medium and heavy trucks most often involved in fatal crashes

Models ranked by how many times they appear in fatal crashes across 2020โ€“2024. Popular models appear more often simply because there are more of them on the road, so this is not a safety rating.

# Model Vehicles in fatal crashes
1 Freightliner Cascadia 4,179
2 Ford F-350 1,891
3 Volvo Truck VNL 1,614
4 Kenworth T680 946
5 Freightliner M2 849
6 Peterbilt 379 794
7 Peterbilt 579 683
8 Ram 3500 603
9 Peterbilt 389 557
10 Freightliner Columbia 544
11 International LT625 509
12 Kenworth T8 Series 410
13 Ford F-550 401
14 Kenworth T880 400
15 International MA025 323
16 Ford F-450 314
17 International LF687 309
18 Kenworth T6 Series 279
19 Peterbilt 567 260
20 Kenworth W9 Series 256
21 Kenworth W900 249
22 Hino Conventional Type Truck 248
23 Chevrolet Silverado HD 244
24 Ford E-450 238
25 International MV607 228
26 Mack Anthem 203
27 Mack CXU 201
28 Freightliner New Cascadia 126" Sleepercab 200
29 Freightliner Long Conv. 193
30 Ram 5500 190
31 Kenworth T800 176
32 Western Star 4900 171
33 Freightliner CST120 167
34 Volvo Truck VNR 160
35 Ford F-650 158
36 Freightliner Coronado 155
37 Isuzu NPR/NPR-HD 140
38 Kenworth T3 Series 137
39 GMC Sierra HD 136
40 Kenworth T600 114
41 Peterbilt 386 113
42 Mack CH 108
43 International LT62F 102
44 Mack GU 100
45 Peterbilt 388 99
46 Freightliner USF-1E 98
47 Volvo Truck VNM 98
48 Mack Granite 95
49 Western Star 4700 94
50 Peterbilt 378 94

Occupant deaths are people who died inside the vehicle. Other deaths are people who died elsewhere in the same crashes: occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists.