Fatal crash profile · Model

Freightliner CST120

Compared with Freightliner · All vehicles

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
Jun 25, 2020	Saline County, Nebraska	US-6	1
Jun 10, 2020	Houston, Harris County, Texas	SR-8 NORTH SAM HOUSTON	2
May 22, 2020	Douglas County, Georgia	SR-6 THORNTON RD	1
May 11, 2020	St. Francis County, Arkansas	I-40-51	1
May 1, 2020	Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania	SR-1011 MOSS GLEN RD	1
Apr 24, 2020	Waco, McLennan County, Texas	SR-340 LOOP	1
Apr 21, 2020	Lake County, Illinois	I-94 TRI STATE TOLLWAY	2
Apr 18, 2020	Spartanburg County, South Carolina	I-26	1
Mar 17, 2020	Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee	I-40	1
Mar 6, 2020	Dinwiddie County, Virginia	I-85	1
Mar 5, 2020	Worcester County, Maryland	SR-12	1
Feb 26, 2020	Tazewell County, Illinois	I-74	1
Feb 6, 2020	Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina	I-85 BUS US-421	1
Feb 5, 2020	Columbia, Boone County, Missouri	I-70	1
Feb 1, 2020	Gwinnett County, Georgia	I-85	2
Jan 16, 2020	Madison County, Montana	US-287	1
Jan 6, 2020	Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas	I-670	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.