Fatal crash profile · Model

Freightliner CST120

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Vehicles, 2020–2024: 167
Fatal crashes: 167
Deaths inside: 31
Other deaths: 170

Between 2020 and 2024, 167 vehicles described as Freightliner CST120 were involved in 167 fatal crashes in the United States. 31 people died inside these vehicles and 170 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	37
2021	55
2022	35
2023	19
2024	21

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

15%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Freightliner: 14%
About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	8	36
2021	11	62
2022	6	32
2023	3	20
2024	3	20

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

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About the same as the share for Freightliner: 7%
About 40 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 40 percent of 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: 43%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Freightliner CST120	Freightliner	All vehicles
Driver speeding	7.2%	6.6%	19.0%
Driver drinking	0.6%	1.4%	17.7%
At night	44.9%	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	114
Cloudy	19
Rain	18
Fog, Smog, Smoke	6
Snow	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	86
Dark - Not Lighted	57
Dark - Lighted	17
Dawn	3
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2

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	43
Florida	19
Georgia	14
Illinois	8
California	8
Arkansas	7
Pennsylvania	6
South Carolina	6
Mississippi	5
Louisiana	5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Freightliner CST120 by model year

2007 41 crashes
2006 38 crashes
2005 18 crashes
2004 13 crashes
2003 13 crashes
2002 13 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 8, 2023	Waller County, Texas	FM 359	2
Sep 7, 2023	Accomack County, Virginia	US-13	1
Sep 4, 2023	Marion County, Florida	I-75	1
Jul 28, 2023	Dorchester County, South Carolina	US-17 HWY 17	1
Jul 26, 2023	Flagler County, Florida	I-95	1
Jun 30, 2023	Howard County, Texas	SR-350	1
Jun 24, 2023	Davie, Broward County, Florida	SR-91 FL TPK	1
Jun 23, 2023	Clark County, Illinois	I-70	1
Jun 7, 2023	Harris County, Texas	SR-288/SOUTH FWY	1
Jun 6, 2023	Baker County, Florida	SR-121	1
May 26, 2023	Kaufman County, Texas	I-20	1
May 7, 2023	Jim Wells County, Texas	US-281	1
Mar 2, 2023	Esmeralda County, Nevada	US-95	1
Jan 11, 2023	Holstein, Ida County, Iowa	US-20/US-59	1
Jan 3, 2023	Clark County, Arkansas	I-30	1
Dec 22, 2022	Whitley County, Indiana	US-30	1
Dec 21, 2022	Townsend, McIntosh County, Georgia	I-95	1
Dec 19, 2022	Pelham, Shelby County, Alabama	I-65	1
Dec 3, 2022	Miami-Dade County, Florida	SR-997 SB	1
Nov 29, 2022	Astoria, Clatsop County, Oregon	US-30 ODOT 92	1
Nov 24, 2022	Lee County, Arkansas	US-79	1
Nov 20, 2022	Sumter County, South Carolina	SR-77 BETHEL CHURCH RD	1
Nov 3, 2022	Deaf Smith County, Texas	US-385/TEXAS PLAINS TRL	1
Oct 10, 2022	Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia	MARBUT RD	1
Sep 22, 2022	Pender County, North Carolina	SR-53	1

Compare Freightliner CST120 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.