Fatal crash profile · Model year

2018 Freightliner SD122

Compared with Freightliner SD122 · Freightliner · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
10
Fatal crashes
10
Deaths inside
4
Other deaths
6

Between 2020 and 2024, 10 vehicles described as 2018 Freightliner SD122 were involved in 10 fatal crashes in the United States. 4 people died inside these vehicles and 6 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 4
2021 4
2023 1
2024 1

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

40%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.6 times the share for Freightliner SD122: 25%
  • About 3 times the share for Freightliner: 14%
  • About 80 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 3 1
2021 1 3
2023 0 1
2024 0 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

10%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About double the share for Freightliner SD122: 5%
  • About 1.5 times the share for Freightliner: 7%
  • About half 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%

30%

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

  • About 1.3 times the share for Freightliner SD122: 23%
  • About two-thirds of the share for Freightliner: 43%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2018 Freightliner SD122 Freightliner SD122 Freightliner All vehicles
Driver speeding 10.0% 4.6% 6.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.0% 0.0% 1.4% 17.7%
At night 30.0% 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 6
Cloudy 3
Rain 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 7
Dawn 1
Dark - Lighted 1
Dark - Not Lighted 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
Ohio 2
Minnesota 1
Arkansas 1
Oregon 1
Alabama 1
Missouri 1
South Carolina 1
Georgia 1
New York 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 18, 2024 Van Wert County, Ohio 1
Mar 17, 2023 Guernsey County, Ohio 1
Nov 30, 2021 McCormick County, South Carolina 1
Oct 15, 2021 Salem, Marion County, Oregon 1
Apr 19, 2021 Jefferson County, Georgia 1
Apr 17, 2021 Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri 1
Jul 23, 2020 Steele County, Minnesota 1
Jun 29, 2020 Miller County, Arkansas 1
May 22, 2020 Wilton, Saratoga County, New York 1
Mar 2, 2020 Clarke County, Alabama 1

Compare 2018 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.