Fatal crash profile · Model year
2020 Freightliner Cascadia
Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles
- Vehicles, 2020–2024
- 491
- Fatal crashes
- 489
- Deaths inside
- 75
- Other deaths
- 487
Between 2020 and 2024, 491 vehicles described as 2020 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 489 fatal crashes in the United States. 75 people died inside these vehicles and 487 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
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 138 |
| 2022 | 132 |
| 2023 | 114 |
| 2024 | 92 |
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%
| Category | Inside these vehicles | Other road users |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 13 |
| 2021 | 22 | 133 |
| 2022 | 17 | 135 |
| 2023 | 18 | 114 |
| 2024 | 15 | 92 |
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 85 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
- About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner: 7%
- About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 19%
2%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking
- About 1.8 times the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 1%
- About 1.4 times the share for Freightliner: 1%
- About 10 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%
| Category | 2020 Freightliner Cascadia | Freightliner Cascadia | Freightliner | All vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver speeding | 5.7% | 6.6% | 6.6% | 19.0% |
| Driver drinking | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 17.7% |
| At night | 48.1% | 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
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 348 |
| Cloudy | 58 |
| Rain | 39 |
| Fog, Smog, Smoke | 11 |
| Snow | 10 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 245 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 154 |
| Dark - Lighted | 69 |
| Dawn | 10 |
| Dusk | 6 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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Where
States with the most crashes
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Texas | 58 |
| California | 46 |
| Florida | 22 |
| Indiana | 21 |
| Arizona | 20 |
| Georgia | 20 |
| Illinois | 19 |
| Ohio | 18 |
| Alabama | 17 |
| Tennessee | 17 |
Larger states have more vehicles on the road.
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Crashes
Fatal crashes involving this vehicle
| Date | Location | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2024 | Douglas County, Oregon | I-5 | 1 |
| Dec 27, 2024 | Candler County, Georgia | I-16 WB | 1 |
| Dec 15, 2024 | Los Angeles County, California | SR-138 | 1 |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Clark County, Nevada | I-15 | 2 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Mecklenburg County, Virginia | I-85 | 1 |
| Dec 11, 2024 | Pike County, Alabama | US-231 SR-53 | 1 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | Houston, Harris County, Texas | SR-8 LOOP SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY | 1 |
| Dec 9, 2024 | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania | I-78 | 2 |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Guernsey County, Ohio | I-77 | 2 |
| Dec 1, 2024 | El Paso County, Colorado | I-25 | 1 |
| Nov 16, 2024 | Collins, Covington County, Mississippi | US-49 | 1 |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Marion County, Florida | I-75 | 1 |
| Nov 9, 2024 | Salome, La Paz County, Arizona | I-10 NONCARD | 1 |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Grant County, New Mexico | I-10 | 1 |
| Oct 28, 2024 | Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia | I-285 | 1 |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon | NE COLUMBIA BLVD | 1 |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Culpeper County, Virginia | US-15 JAMES MADISON HWY | 1 |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Cooper County, Missouri | I-70 | 1 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Steuben County, Indiana | I-80 | 1 |
| Oct 5, 2024 | Lowell, Lake County, Indiana | SR-55 | 1 |
| Oct 2, 2024 | Bullock County, Alabama | US-82 SR-6 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Kern County, California | SR-33 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2024 | Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota | I-29 S | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama | I-10 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2024 | Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee | MU-DUNN RD | 1 |
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.