Fatal crash profile · Model year
2009 Freightliner Cascadia
Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles
- Vehicles, 2020–2024
- 27
- Fatal crashes
- 27
- Deaths inside
- 6
- Other deaths
- 25
Between 2020 and 2024, 27 vehicles described as 2009 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 27 fatal crashes in the United States. 6 people died inside these vehicles and 25 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.
Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other medium and heavy trucks or with all vehicles.
Overview
Vehicles in fatal crashes
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 |
Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.
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Deaths
Who died in these crashes
19%
of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles
- About 1.7 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
- About 1.4 times the share for Freightliner: 14%
- About 40 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
| Category | Inside these vehicles | Other road users |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 6 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 |
Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.
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Crash factors
Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes
7%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding
- About 1.1 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
- About 1.1 times the share for Freightliner: 7%
- About 40 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%
0%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking
- About 5 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
- About 5 percent of the share for Freightliner: 1%
- About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%
41%
of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)
- About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 49%
- About the same as the share for Freightliner: 43%
- About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
| Category | 2009 Freightliner Cascadia | Freightliner Cascadia | Freightliner | All vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver speeding | 7.4% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 19.0% |
| Driver drinking | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 17.7% |
| At night | 40.7% | 48.5% | 42.7% | 49.3% |
Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.
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Conditions
Weather and light
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 20 |
| Cloudy | 6 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 14 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 9 |
| Dark - Lighted | 3 |
| Dawn | 1 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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Where
States with the most crashes
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| California | 10 |
| Texas | 7 |
| Florida | 3 |
| Oklahoma | 2 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
Larger states have more vehicles on the road.
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Crashes
Fatal crashes involving this vehicle
| Date | Location | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2024 | Ward County, Texas | SR-115 | 1 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Martin County, Texas | SR-349 | 2 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Hillsborough County, Florida | US-301 | 1 |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Port Saint Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida | I-95 | 1 |
| Nov 3, 2023 | Dallas, Dallas County, Texas | I-45 | 1 |
| Sep 3, 2023 | Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York | I-90 | 1 |
| May 10, 2023 | Riverside County, California | I-10 | 1 |
| Mar 15, 2023 | Oakland, Alameda County, California | I-80 | 2 |
| Feb 25, 2023 | Colorado County, Texas | I-10 | 2 |
| Nov 21, 2022 | Sutter County, California | SR-99 | 1 |
| Oct 10, 2022 | Solano County, California | VAUGHN RD | 1 |
| Sep 2, 2022 | Lamb County, Texas | FM 1055 | 1 |
| Dec 7, 2021 | Muskogee County, Oklahoma | I-40 | 1 |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Riverside County, California | BELLEGRAVE AVE | 1 |
| Aug 4, 2021 | McMinn County, Tennessee | I-75 | 1 |
| Jul 11, 2021 | Yolo County, California | I-80 | 1 |
| Jun 20, 2021 | Dixon, Solano County, California | I-80 DWIGHT D EISENHOWER FWY | 1 |
| May 23, 2021 | White Pine County, Nevada | US-93 | 1 |
| May 7, 2021 | Tulare County, California | SR-99 | 1 |
| Feb 23, 2021 | Thomas County, Kansas | I-70 W | 1 |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Charlotte County, Florida | I-75 | 1 |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey | SR-440 RAMP | 1 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Ennis, Ellis County, Texas | SR-34 | 2 |
| Aug 1, 2020 | Inyo County, California | US-395 | 1 |
| Mar 2, 2020 | Love County, Oklahoma | I-35 | 1 |
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.