Fatal crash profile · Model year

2024 Freightliner Cascadia

Compared with Freightliner Cascadia · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2023–2024
155
Fatal crashes
155
Deaths inside
18
Other deaths
159

Between 2023 and 2024, 155 vehicles described as 2024 Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 155 fatal crashes in the United States. 18 people died inside these vehicles and 159 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
2023 43
2024 112

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

10%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 12%
  • About three-quarters 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
2023 5 43
2024 13 116

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

5%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 80 percent of the share for Freightliner Cascadia: 7%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About 25 percent 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 45 percent of the share for Freightliner: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

52%

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 2024 Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner Cascadia Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 5.2% 6.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.6% 1.1% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 52.3% 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 117
Rain 11
Cloudy 9
Snow 8
Severe Crosswinds 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 70
Dark - Not Lighted 46
Dark - Lighted 26
Dusk 8
Dawn 4

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 13
Arizona 11
California 10
New Mexico 8
Oklahoma 7
Pennsylvania 7
Florida 7
Tennessee 7
Georgia 6
Missouri 5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 28, 2024 San Bernardino County, California 1
Dec 20, 2024 New Waverly, Walker County, Texas 1
Dec 19, 2024 Blue Earth County, Minnesota 1
Dec 17, 2024 Tyler, Smith County, Texas 2
Dec 12, 2024 Port Saint Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida 2
Dec 10, 2024 Clark County, Nevada 1
Dec 10, 2024 Liberty, Clay County, Missouri 1
Dec 2, 2024 Van Buren County, Michigan 1
Dec 2, 2024 Lyon County, Kentucky 2
Nov 28, 2024 New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas 1
Nov 24, 2024 Jackson County, South Dakota 1
Nov 21, 2024 Cowlitz County, Washington 1
Nov 20, 2024 Willington Hill, Tolland County, Connecticut 1
Nov 18, 2024 Allen County, Kansas 1
Nov 16, 2024 McKinley County, New Mexico 1
Nov 15, 2024 Haworth, McCurtain County, Oklahoma 1
Nov 15, 2024 Hamilton County, Iowa 1
Nov 14, 2024 Bureau County, Illinois 1
Nov 11, 2024 Miami Gardens, Miami-Dade County, Florida 1
Nov 9, 2024 Laramie County, Wyoming 1
Nov 9, 2024 Wagoner, Wagoner County, Oklahoma 1
Nov 8, 2024 Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana 1
Nov 5, 2024 Routt County, Colorado 1
Nov 4, 2024 Tulare County, California 1
Oct 30, 2024 Meriwether County, Georgia 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2023–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.