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

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
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%
Deaths in these crashes by year
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%
Crash factors compared
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

Weather at the time of the crash
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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Light conditions at the time of the crash
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

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal 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

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Nov 19, 2023 Prince William County, Virginia 1
Nov 19, 2023 Fort Bend County, Texas 1
Nov 19, 2023 Big Horn County, Montana 1
Nov 19, 2023 Cumberland County, Illinois 2
Nov 19, 2023 Montezuma County, Colorado 1
Nov 18, 2023 Perry, Box Elder County, Utah 1
Nov 18, 2023 Forsyth County, North Carolina 1
Nov 18, 2023 Lincoln County, Nevada 1
Nov 17, 2023 St. Croix County, Wisconsin 1
Nov 17, 2023 Bedford County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 16, 2023 Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia 1
Nov 16, 2023 Krotz Springs, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 16, 2023 Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia 1
Nov 16, 2023 East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut 1
Nov 15, 2023 San Juan County, New Mexico 1
Nov 15, 2023 Blue Springs, Jackson County, Missouri 2
Nov 15, 2023 Ottawa County, Michigan 1
Nov 15, 2023 Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 15, 2023 Hopkins County, Kentucky 1
Nov 15, 2023 Grundy County, Illinois 1
Nov 15, 2023 Sutter County, California 1
Nov 14, 2023 Licking County, Ohio 6
Nov 14, 2023 Robeson County, North Carolina 1
Nov 14, 2023 Roscommon County, Michigan 1
Nov 14, 2023 Livonia, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana 1

Compare Freightliner Cascadia with another vehicle

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.