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
May 22, 2021 Polk County, Texas 1
Apr 27, 2021 Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio 1
Apr 19, 2021 Jefferson County, Georgia 1
Apr 17, 2021 Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri 1
Apr 14, 2021 Phenix City, Russell County, Alabama 1
Jan 5, 2021 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 1
Nov 8, 2020 Geneva County, Alabama 1
Nov 4, 2020 Scott County, Kansas 2
Jul 27, 2020 Cass County, Nebraska 1
Jul 23, 2020 Steele County, Minnesota 1
Jul 15, 2020 Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio 1
Jun 29, 2020 Miller County, Arkansas 1
May 22, 2020 Wilton, Saratoga County, New York 1
May 1, 2020 Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut 1
Mar 2, 2020 Clarke County, Alabama 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.