Fatal crash profile · Model

Freightliner SD122

Compared with Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
65
Fatal crashes
65
Deaths inside
17
Other deaths
51

Between 2020 and 2024, 65 vehicles described as Freightliner SD122 were involved in 65 fatal crashes in the United States. 17 people died inside these vehicles and 51 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 9
2021 15
2022 13
2023 15
2024 13

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

25%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.8 times the share for Freightliner: 14%
  • About half the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 3 7
2021 5 11
2022 3 10
2023 2 13
2024 4 10

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 two-thirds of the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 19%

0%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 5 percent of the share for Freightliner: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

23%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

  • About half the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About half the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Freightliner SD122 Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 4.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.0% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 23.1% 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 43
Cloudy 15
Snow 3
Rain 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 46
Dark - Not Lighted 11
Dark - Lighted 5
Dawn 2
Dusk 1

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 7
Alabama 6
North Carolina 5
Michigan 4
Ohio 4
New Jersey 4
Wisconsin 3
Oklahoma 3
Arkansas 2
Iowa 2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Freightliner SD122 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
Dec 18, 2024 Van Wert County, Ohio 1
Oct 30, 2024 Hendrix, Bryan County, Oklahoma 1
Oct 23, 2024 Midland County, Texas 2
Oct 21, 2024 Genesee, Genesee County, Michigan 1
Oct 5, 2024 Reydon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma 1
Jul 22, 2024 Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey 1
Jun 18, 2024 Clinton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey 1
Jun 14, 2024 Marshall County, Mississippi 1
May 10, 2024 Killeen, Bell County, Texas 1
Apr 10, 2024 Muskegon County, Michigan 1
Mar 20, 2024 Pitt County, North Carolina 1
Feb 15, 2024 Campbell County, Wyoming 1
Feb 8, 2024 Muskogee County, Oklahoma 1
Dec 20, 2023 Lenoir, Caldwell County, North Carolina 1
Nov 14, 2023 Radcliff, Hardin County, Kentucky 1
Nov 3, 2023 Carbon County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 2, 2023 Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky 1
Oct 12, 2023 Duplin County, North Carolina 1
Oct 11, 2023 Franklin County, Iowa 1
Oct 9, 2023 Denmark, Madison County, Tennessee 1
Sep 14, 2023 Weld County, Colorado 1
Jul 13, 2023 Nacogdoches County, Texas 1
Jun 29, 2023 Gratiot County, Michigan 1
May 22, 2023 Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey 1
May 11, 2023 Waukesha County, Wisconsin 1

Compare Freightliner SD122 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.