Fatal crash profile · Model year

2015 Kenworth T680

Compared with Kenworth T680 · Kenworth · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
68
Fatal crashes
68
Deaths inside
10
Other deaths
64

Between 2020 and 2024, 68 vehicles described as 2015 Kenworth T680 were involved in 68 fatal crashes in the United States. 10 people died inside these vehicles and 64 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 12
2021 20
2022 15
2023 9
2024 12

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

14%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Kenworth T680: 13%
  • About the same as the share for Kenworth: 13%
  • About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 2 13
2021 2 20
2022 3 13
2023 2 7
2024 1 11

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

6%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.2 times the share for Kenworth T680: 5%
  • About 1.2 times the share for Kenworth: 5%
  • About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 19%

0%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 5 percent of the share for Kenworth T680: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for Kenworth: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

49%

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

  • About the same as the share for Kenworth T680: 51%
  • About 1.4 times the share for Kenworth: 34%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2015 Kenworth T680 Kenworth T680 Kenworth All vehicles
Driver speeding 5.9% 5.1% 5.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.0% 0.8% 1.3% 17.7%
At night 48.5% 50.5% 34.3% 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 48
Cloudy 7
Rain 5
Fog, Smog, Smoke 1
Sleet or Hail 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 34
Dark - Not Lighted 26
Dark - Lighted 6
Dusk 1
Dawn 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
California 10
Texas 10
Illinois 5
New Mexico 4
Georgia 3
Nevada 3
Ohio 3
Kentucky 3
Virginia 2
Colorado 2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Jun 10, 2022 Shasta County, California 1
Jun 8, 2022 Nash County, North Carolina 1
May 20, 2022 Kern County, California 1
Apr 8, 2022 Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia 1
Mar 29, 2022 Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York 1
Mar 12, 2022 Iroquois, Iroquois County, Illinois 1
Feb 18, 2022 Reeves County, Texas 1
Feb 1, 2022 Ogle County, Illinois 1
Jan 28, 2022 Mayes County, Oklahoma 1
Jan 23, 2022 Butte County, California 1
Jan 8, 2022 Craig County, Oklahoma 1
Dec 20, 2021 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 1
Dec 8, 2021 Christian County, Illinois 1
Oct 3, 2021 Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico 1
Sep 30, 2021 Wells, York County, Maine 1
Sep 9, 2021 West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana 1
Sep 8, 2021 Fulton County, Ohio 2
Sep 8, 2021 Mitchell County, Georgia 1
Aug 25, 2021 Marshall County, Kentucky 1
Aug 12, 2021 Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas 1
Jul 29, 2021 Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota 1
Jul 23, 2021 Culberson County, Texas 1
Jul 5, 2021 Churchill County, Nevada 1
Jun 16, 2021 Woodbridge, Middlesex County, New Jersey 1
May 25, 2021 Monroe County, Wisconsin 2

Compare 2015 Kenworth T680 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.