Fatal crash profile · Model year

2005 Kenworth T800

Compared with Kenworth T800 · Kenworth · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
25
Fatal crashes
25
Deaths inside
3
Other deaths
24

Between 2020 and 2024, 25 vehicles described as 2005 Kenworth T800 were involved in 25 fatal crashes in the United States. 3 people died inside these vehicles and 24 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 2
2022 7
2023 5
2024 7

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

11%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 55 percent of the share for Kenworth T800: 20%
  • About 85 percent of the share for Kenworth: 13%
  • About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 1 3
2021 0 2
2022 1 8
2023 0 5
2024 1 6

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

0%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 5 percent of the share for Kenworth T800: 6%
  • About 5 percent of the share for Kenworth: 5%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

4%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About double the share for Kenworth T800: 2%
  • About 3 times the share for Kenworth: 1%
  • About 25 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

28%

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

  • About 1.8 times the share for Kenworth T800: 15%
  • About 80 percent of the share for Kenworth: 34%
  • About 55 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2005 Kenworth T800 Kenworth T800 Kenworth All vehicles
Driver speeding 0.0% 5.7% 5.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 4.0% 1.7% 1.3% 17.7%
At night 28.0% 15.3% 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 17
Cloudy 4
Fog, Smog, Smoke 1
Rain 1
Snow 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 16
Dark - Not Lighted 4
Dark - Lighted 3
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
Indiana 4
Florida 4
Massachusetts 2
Texas 2
Idaho 2
California 1
Maine 1
Alabama 1
Iowa 1
Wyoming 1

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 27, 2024 Poweshiek County, Iowa 1
Dec 24, 2024 Kankakee County, Illinois 1
Oct 6, 2024 Wales, Androscoggin County, Maine 1
Jun 26, 2024 Hancock County, Indiana 1
Feb 10, 2024 Socorro, Socorro County, New Mexico 1
Jan 30, 2024 Talladega County, Alabama 1
Jan 18, 2024 Frio County, Texas 1
Oct 2, 2023 Demotte, Jasper County, Indiana 1
Sep 21, 2023 Irwin, Bonneville County, Idaho 1
Jun 19, 2023 Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts 1
Mar 8, 2023 Charlotte County, Florida 1
Jan 17, 2023 Bothell, Snohomish County, Washington 1
Oct 8, 2022 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 2
Sep 17, 2022 Grant County, Kansas 1
Sep 16, 2022 Sedgwick County, Colorado 1
Sep 12, 2022 Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming 1
Apr 29, 2022 Sarasota County, Florida 1
Mar 15, 2022 Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida 1
Jan 17, 2022 Gulf County, Florida 2
Sep 8, 2021 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 1
Aug 30, 2021 Camby, Marion County, Indiana 1
Sep 3, 2020 San Jose, Santa Clara County, California 1
Jun 30, 2020 Boundary County, Idaho 1
Jun 9, 2020 San Marcos, Hays County, Texas 1
Mar 25, 2020 Tippecanoe County, Indiana 1

Compare 2005 Kenworth T800 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.