Fatal crash profile · Model year

2014 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
203
Fatal crashes
202
Deaths inside
31
Other deaths
213

Between 2020 and 2024, 203 vehicles described as 2014 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 202 fatal crashes in the United States. 31 people died inside these vehicles and 213 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 50
2021 58
2022 43
2023 33
2024 19

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

13%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
  • About the same as 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 8 49
2021 12 67
2022 7 38
2023 4 35
2024 0 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

7%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
  • About the same as the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About 35 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
  • About two-thirds of the share for Freightliner: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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

  • About the same as the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 49%
  • About the same as the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2014 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 6.9% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 45.8% 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 148
Cloudy 23
Rain 16
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Snow 3

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 109
Dark - Not Lighted 57
Dark - Lighted 32
Dawn 2
Dark - Unknown Lighting 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 35
Texas 22
Florida 14
Alabama 10
Tennessee 8
Arizona 8
Ohio 8
North Carolina 7
Illinois 7
Indiana 7

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Jul 17, 2021 Cook County, Illinois 1
Jul 16, 2021 Meeker County, Minnesota 1
Jul 6, 2021 Milam County, Texas 1
Jul 2, 2021 Maricopa County, Arizona 6
Jun 30, 2021 Wayne, Wayne County, Michigan 1
Jun 30, 2021 Polk County, Florida 1
Jun 24, 2021 Putnam County, Tennessee 1
Jun 4, 2021 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 2
May 28, 2021 Luzerne County, Pennsylvania 1
May 20, 2021 Tulare County, California 1
May 13, 2021 Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts 1
May 12, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Apr 24, 2021 Clay County, Arkansas 1
Apr 21, 2021 Kings County, California 1
Apr 11, 2021 Frio County, Texas 1
Apr 10, 2021 St. Clair County, Alabama 1
Apr 6, 2021 Montgomery County, Indiana 1
Apr 5, 2021 Delaware County, Ohio 1
Mar 24, 2021 Marshall County, Mississippi 1
Mar 18, 2021 Cherokee County, South Carolina 2
Mar 16, 2021 Polk County, Florida 1
Mar 5, 2021 Corona, Riverside County, California 1
Feb 18, 2021 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas 1
Feb 16, 2021 Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois 1
Feb 8, 2021 Payne County, Oklahoma 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.