Fatal crash profile · Model year

2013 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
183
Fatal crashes
183
Deaths inside
24
Other deaths
180

Between 2020 and 2024, 183 vehicles described as 2013 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 183 fatal crashes in the United States. 24 people died inside these vehicles and 180 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 46
2021 54
2022 37
2023 24
2024 22

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

12%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
  • About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner: 14%
  • About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 6 47
2021 5 55
2022 7 36
2023 3 22
2024 3 20

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

8%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.2 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About 40 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
  • About three-quarters of the share for Freightliner: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

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

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 49%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2013 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 7.7% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.1% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 50.8% 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 133
Cloudy 20
Rain 15
Fog, Smog, Smoke 6
Snow 2

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 90
Dark - Not Lighted 60
Dark - Lighted 24
Dawn 7
Dusk 1

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
Texas 35
California 35
Georgia 10
Illinois 8
Florida 8
Alabama 6
Tennessee 6
South Carolina 5
Arkansas 5
Wisconsin 5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Apr 29, 2020 Allegany County, Maryland 1
Apr 28, 2020 Beaver, Beaver County, Utah 1
Apr 18, 2020 Camden County, Georgia 1
Mar 23, 2020 Deuel County, Nebraska 2
Mar 11, 2020 Martin County, Texas 1
Mar 8, 2020 Huntsville, Walker County, Texas 1
Feb 18, 2020 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Jan 8, 2020 Reeves County, Texas 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.