Fatal crash profile · Model

Kenworth T680

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 946
Fatal crashes: 931
Deaths inside: 143
Other deaths: 969

Between 2020 and 2024, 946 vehicles described as Kenworth T680 were involved in 931 fatal crashes in the United States. 143 people died inside these vehicles and 969 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	131
2021	197
2022	196
2023	223
2024	199

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

13%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

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	22	134
2021	27	204
2022	35	200
2023	32	223
2024	27	208

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 the same as the share for Kenworth: 5%
About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About two-thirds of the share for Kenworth: 1%
About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

51%

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

About 1.5 times the share for Kenworth: 34%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Kenworth T680	Kenworth	All vehicles
Driver speeding	5.1%	5.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	0.8%	1.3%	17.7%
At night	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	647
Cloudy	123
Rain	84
Snow	14
Fog, Smog, Smoke	13

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	443
Dark - Not Lighted	333
Dark - Lighted	121
Dawn	17
Dusk	12

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	134
California	85
Tennessee	44
Arizona	39
Georgia	36
Florida	36
Illinois	34
New Mexico	34
Ohio	34
Indiana	31

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kenworth T680 by model year

2024 37 crashes
2023 72 crashes
2022 89 crashes
2021 93 crashes
2020 166 crashes
2019 102 crashes
2018 78 crashes
2017 79 crashes
2016 112 crashes
2015 68 crashes
2014 38 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
Oct 4, 2023	Chicago, Cook County, Illinois	W CONGRESS PKWY	1
Oct 3, 2023	Leon County, Florida	I-10	1
Oct 3, 2023	San Joaquin County, California	SR-12	1
Oct 2, 2023	Iroquois County, Illinois	CR-49	1
Oct 1, 2023	Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois	US-41 SKOKIE HWY	1
Sep 27, 2023	Joplin, Newton County, Missouri	I-44	1
Sep 26, 2023	Grant County, New Mexico	I-10	1
Sep 24, 2023	Big Horn County, Montana	US-212	1
Sep 22, 2023	Anderson County, South Carolina	I-85	1
Sep 20, 2023	Stephenson County, Illinois	US-20	1
Sep 17, 2023	Laurens County, South Carolina	I-385	2
Sep 17, 2023	McKinley County, New Mexico	I-40	1
Sep 16, 2023	Nacogdoches County, Texas	US-59	1
Sep 15, 2023	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California	I-710	1
Sep 12, 2023	Clark County, Indiana	I-65	1
Sep 7, 2023	Highland County, Virginia	US-220	1
Sep 6, 2023	West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut	I-84	2
Sep 2, 2023	Riverside County, California	I-10	1
Sep 1, 2023	Laredo, Webb County, Texas	FM 1472	2
Sep 1, 2023	High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina	I-74	1
Aug 31, 2023	West Point, Troup County, Georgia	I-85	1
Aug 29, 2023	Spartanburg County, South Carolina	SR-14 HWY 14	1
Aug 29, 2023	Lonoke County, Arkansas	I-40	1
Aug 28, 2023	Madison County, Tennessee	I-40	2
Aug 27, 2023	Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas	I-44	1

Compare 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.