Fatal crash profile · Model
Freightliner Cascadia
Compared with Freightliner · All vehicles
- Vehicles, 2020–2024
- 4,179
- Fatal crashes
- 3,991
- Deaths inside
- 572
- Other deaths
- 4,314
Between 2020 and 2024, 4,179 vehicles described as Freightliner Cascadia were involved in 3,991 fatal crashes in the United States. 572 people died inside these vehicles and 4,314 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 | 484 |
| 2021 | 954 |
| 2022 | 959 |
| 2023 | 891 |
| 2024 | 891 |
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
12%
of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles
- About 85 percent of the share for Freightliner: 14%
- About 25 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
| Category | Inside these vehicles | Other road users |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 59 | 495 |
| 2021 | 137 | 984 |
| 2022 | 142 | 1,002 |
| 2023 | 111 | 946 |
| 2024 | 123 | 887 |
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: 7%
- About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 19%
1%
of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking
- About 80 percent of the share for Freightliner: 1%
- About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%
49%
of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)
- About 1.1 times the share for Freightliner: 43%
- About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
| Category | Freightliner Cascadia | Freightliner | All vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver speeding | 6.6% | 6.6% | 19.0% |
| Driver drinking | 1.1% | 1.4% | 17.7% |
| At night | 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 | 2,832 |
| Cloudy | 524 |
| Rain | 292 |
| Fog, Smog, Smoke | 88 |
| Snow | 77 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 1,974 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 1,283 |
| Dark - Lighted | 557 |
| Dawn | 81 |
| Dusk | 65 |
Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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Where
States with the most crashes
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Texas | 522 |
| California | 486 |
| Florida | 209 |
| Georgia | 174 |
| Arizona | 169 |
| Indiana | 152 |
| Tennessee | 143 |
| Illinois | 141 |
| Ohio | 138 |
| Pennsylvania | 123 |
Larger states have more vehicles on the road.
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Explore
Freightliner Cascadia by model year
- 2025 32 crashes
- 2024 155 crashes
- 2023 261 crashes
- 2022 373 crashes
- 2021 330 crashes
- 2020 489 crashes
- 2019 456 crashes
- 2018 333 crashes
- 2017 309 crashes
- 2016 394 crashes
- 2015 311 crashes
- 2014 202 crashes
- 2013 183 crashes
- 2012 149 crashes
- 2011 105 crashes
- 2010 39 crashes
- 2009 27 crashes
Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.
Crashes
Fatal crashes involving this vehicle
| Date | Location | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2021 | Huntington County, Indiana | I-69 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Isle of Wight County, Virginia | US-17 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Wilmer, Dallas County, Texas | I-45 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Baker County, Oregon | I-84 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio | SR-57 JFK MEMORIAL PKWY | 2 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Groveland, Lake County, Florida | SR-19 | 1 |
| Sep 23, 2021 | Ontario, San Bernardino County, California | SR-60 EB POMONA FWY | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Fowler, Meade County, Kansas | US-54 | 1 |
| Sep 22, 2021 | San Diego County, California | I-5 SB | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas | I-30 | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Lowndes County, Mississippi | US-45A | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia | SR-8/DONALD LEE HOLLOWELL PKWY | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2021 | Riverside County, California | WARREN RD | 1 |
| Sep 18, 2021 | Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania | SR-8017 RAMP M RD | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma | I-35 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina | I-85 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Shelby County, Kentucky | I-64 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Parke County, Indiana | US-41S | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Lake County, Indiana | SR-2 | 1 |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Hillsborough County, Florida | SR-589 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Lexington County, South Carolina | I-26 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Aiken County, South Carolina | SR-19 EDGEFIELD HWY | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Malheur County, Oregon | US-95 ODOT 456 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Ramsey, Bergen County, New Jersey | SR-17 | 1 |
| Sep 16, 2021 | Kankakee County, Illinois | SR-017 | 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.