Fatal crash profile · Model year

2012 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
149
Fatal crashes
149
Deaths inside
25
Other deaths
149

Between 2020 and 2024, 149 vehicles described as 2012 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 149 fatal crashes in the United States. 25 people died inside these vehicles and 149 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

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 35
2021 34
2022 33
2023 23
2024 24

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

14%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.2 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
  • About the same as the share for Freightliner: 14%
  • About 30 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 5 33
2021 5 34
2022 9 36
2023 3 22
2024 3 24

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

13%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.9 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
  • About 1.9 times the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 60 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
  • About half the share for Freightliner: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

48%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 49%
  • About 1.1 times the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2012 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 12.8% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.7% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 47.7% 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

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 114
Cloudy 17
Rain 6
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Blowing Snow 1

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 75
Dark - Not Lighted 47
Dark - Lighted 21
Dusk 3
Dawn 2

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes
Category Vehicles
California 29
Texas 28
Florida 13
Ohio 7
Arizona 6
Georgia 5
New Mexico 5
Alabama 4
Wisconsin 4
Illinois 3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 27, 2024 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska 1
Dec 12, 2024 Volusia County, Florida 1
Nov 16, 2024 Butler County, Missouri 1
Oct 31, 2024 Taylor, Williamson County, Texas 2
Oct 14, 2024 Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee 1
Oct 5, 2024 Quay County, New Mexico 1
Sep 24, 2024 Maxatawny, Berks County, Pennsylvania 1
Sep 12, 2024 Montgomery County, Texas 1
Sep 3, 2024 Huron County, Ohio 1
Sep 3, 2024 Fresno County, California 1
Aug 27, 2024 Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Aug 22, 2024 Wharton County, Texas 1
Aug 19, 2024 Sheridan County, Kansas 1
Jul 24, 2024 Carroll County, Georgia 1
Jul 12, 2024 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 1
Jul 4, 2024 Hatch, Doña Ana County, New Mexico 3
Jun 21, 2024 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Jun 19, 2024 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Apr 27, 2024 Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas 1
Mar 26, 2024 Dallam County, Texas 1
Mar 8, 2024 Blountville, Sullivan County, Tennessee 1
Mar 3, 2024 Columbia County, Florida 1
Feb 5, 2024 Clay County, Arkansas 1
Jan 22, 2024 Sacaton, Pinal County, Arizona 1
Dec 29, 2023 Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 1

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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.