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

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%

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

2020 10 crashes
2019 16 crashes
2018 10 crashes
2016 12 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
Mar 29, 2023	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin	CR-V	1
Mar 17, 2023	Guernsey County, Ohio	I-70 DWIGHT D EISENHOWER HWY	1
Feb 28, 2023	Webster County, Iowa	US-169	1
Dec 17, 2022	Clay County, Alabama	SR-9	1
Dec 15, 2022	Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Nov 9, 2022	Isabella County, Michigan	CR-DREW RD	1
Oct 13, 2022	Bow, Merrimack County, New Hampshire	I-93	1
Oct 12, 2022	Duplin County, North Carolina	SR-11	1
Oct 2, 2022	Marengo County, Alabama	US-43 SR-13	1
Aug 25, 2022	DeWitt County, Texas	US-87	1
Aug 15, 2022	Pilot Point, Denton County, Texas	FM 455	1
Jun 4, 2022	Tyler County, West Virginia	SR-18	1
May 18, 2022	St. Clair County, Alabama	SR-174	1
Apr 22, 2022	Decatur, Macon County, Illinois	ELDORADO ST	1
Mar 31, 2022	Green County, Wisconsin	SR-104	1
Jan 10, 2022	Walden, Caledonia County, Vermont	SR-15	1
Dec 8, 2021	Hunterdon County, New Jersey	SR-31	1
Nov 30, 2021	McCormick County, South Carolina	SR-28 HWY 28	1
Nov 10, 2021	Decatur County, Georgia	SR-97	1
Oct 15, 2021	Salem, Marion County, Oregon	SR-99 ODOT 72	1
Oct 12, 2021	Butte County, California	ORO QUINCY HWY	1
Sep 23, 2021	Robeson County, North Carolina	SSR 1709-CHASON RD	2
Aug 26, 2021	New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas	I-35/PURPLE HEART TRL	1
Aug 3, 2021	Lane County, Oregon	SR-58 ODOT 18	1
May 31, 2021	Miller County, Arkansas	SR-160-000	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.