Fatal crash profile · Model year

2019 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
461
Fatal crashes
456
Deaths inside
50
Other deaths
485

Between 2020 and 2024, 461 vehicles described as 2019 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 456 fatal crashes in the United States. 50 people died inside these vehicles and 485 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 24
2021 145
2022 139
2023 79
2024 74

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

9%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 80 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
  • About two-thirds of the share for Freightliner: 14%
  • About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 2 23
2021 12 158
2022 15 146
2023 12 90
2024 9 68

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

6%

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%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 55 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%

45%

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 2019 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 6.1% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.7% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 45.3% 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 315
Cloudy 71
Rain 31
Snow 14
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 240
Dark - Not Lighted 148
Dark - Lighted 53
Dusk 7
Dawn 5

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 58
California 46
Illinois 24
Georgia 21
Florida 18
New Mexico 17
Missouri 16
Indiana 16
Tennessee 16
Pennsylvania 15

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Mar 6, 2022 Carson County, Texas 3
Mar 5, 2022 Shrewsbury, St. Louis County, Missouri 1
Feb 28, 2022 Kaufman County, Texas 2
Feb 28, 2022 Delaware County, Ohio 1
Feb 27, 2022 Abilene, Taylor County, Texas 2
Feb 24, 2022 Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia 1
Feb 22, 2022 Sterlington, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1
Feb 22, 2022 Oakwood, Vermilion County, Illinois 1
Feb 21, 2022 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 1
Feb 20, 2022 Mesa County, Colorado 1
Feb 15, 2022 Lincoln County, Colorado 1
Feb 14, 2022 Carbon County, Wyoming 1
Feb 11, 2022 Wythe County, Virginia 3
Feb 11, 2022 Dayton, Liberty County, Texas 1
Feb 11, 2022 North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois 1
Feb 8, 2022 Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma 1
Feb 6, 2022 Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama 1
Feb 5, 2022 Kern County, California 1
Feb 4, 2022 Montgomery County, Indiana 1
Feb 2, 2022 Somerset County, Pennsylvania 1
Feb 2, 2022 Guadalupe County, New Mexico 1
Feb 2, 2022 Guadalupe County, New Mexico 2
Feb 1, 2022 Collier County, Florida 1
Feb 1, 2022 Modesto, Stanislaus County, California 3
Jan 30, 2022 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 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.