Fatal crash profile · Model year

2016 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
396
Fatal crashes
394
Deaths inside
60
Other deaths
400

Between 2020 and 2024, 396 vehicles described as 2016 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 394 fatal crashes in the United States. 60 people died inside these vehicles and 400 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 82
2021 98
2022 89
2023 71
2024 56

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 1.1 times 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 4 89
2021 25 90
2022 14 87
2023 14 74
2024 3 60

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 one-third of the share for all vehicles: 19%

0%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 20 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
  • About 20 percent 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 2016 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 6.8% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.3% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 46.5% 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 273
Cloudy 50
Rain 32
Snow 15
Fog, Smog, Smoke 6

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 198
Dark - Not Lighted 129
Dark - Lighted 55
Dawn 6
Dusk 3

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 54
California 46
Indiana 20
Florida 19
Georgia 19
Ohio 18
Pennsylvania 17
Missouri 16
Illinois 14
Tennessee 10

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Feb 15, 2021 Marshall County, Indiana 1
Feb 11, 2021 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 6
Feb 11, 2021 Clark County, Ohio 1
Feb 1, 2021 Benjamin, Knox County, Texas 1
Jan 28, 2021 Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming 1
Jan 26, 2021 Centre County, Pennsylvania 1
Jan 25, 2021 Summerfield, Guilford County, North Carolina 1
Jan 22, 2021 Harney County, Oregon 1
Jan 18, 2021 Lee County, Mississippi 1
Jan 14, 2021 Los Angeles County, California 1
Jan 13, 2021 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana 1
Jan 12, 2021 Kittery, York County, Maine 2
Dec 30, 2020 Riverside County, California 1
Dec 28, 2020 Bucks County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 27, 2020 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Dec 19, 2020 Olive Branch, DeSoto County, Mississippi 1
Dec 17, 2020 Provo, Utah County, Utah 2
Dec 16, 2020 Clinton County, Pennsylvania 1
Dec 8, 2020 Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas 1
Dec 1, 2020 Corsicana, Navarro County, Texas 1
Dec 1, 2020 Manchester, Ontario County, New York 1
Nov 30, 2020 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California 1
Nov 25, 2020 Manitowoc County, Wisconsin 2
Nov 23, 2020 Grover, Cleveland County, North Carolina 1
Nov 11, 2020 Butts County, Georgia 2

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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.