Fatal crash profile · Model year

2016 Freightliner SD122

Compared with Freightliner SD122 · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
12
Fatal crashes
12
Deaths inside
3
Other deaths
9

Between 2020 and 2024, 12 vehicles described as 2016 Freightliner SD122 were involved in 12 fatal crashes in the United States. 3 people died inside these vehicles and 9 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 1
2021 1
2022 3
2023 3
2024 4

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 the same as the share for Freightliner SD122: 25%
  • 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 0 1
2021 0 1
2022 0 3
2023 0 3
2024 3 1

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

0%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 5 percent of the share for Freightliner SD122: 5%
  • About 5 percent of the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About 5 percent 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%

17%

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

  • About three-quarters of the share for Freightliner SD122: 23%
  • About 40 percent of the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2016 Freightliner SD122 Freightliner SD122 Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 0.0% 4.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 16.7% 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 9
Cloudy 2
Snow 1

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 9
Dark - Not Lighted 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
Alabama 3
New Jersey 3
Wyoming 1
Pennsylvania 1
Oklahoma 1
Georgia 1
Kentucky 1
Michigan 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
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
Feb 15, 2024 Campbell County, Wyoming 1
Nov 3, 2023 Carbon County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 2, 2023 Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky 1
May 22, 2023 Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey 1
Dec 17, 2022 Clay County, Alabama 1
Nov 9, 2022 Isabella County, Michigan 1
Oct 2, 2022 Marengo County, Alabama 1
Nov 10, 2021 Decatur County, Georgia 1
Nov 8, 2020 Geneva County, Alabama 1

Compare 2016 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.