Fatal crash profile · Model

Kenworth T880

Compared with Kenworth · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
400
Fatal crashes
398
Deaths inside
52
Other deaths
396

Between 2020 and 2024, 400 vehicles described as Kenworth T880 were involved in 398 fatal crashes in the United States. 52 people died inside these vehicles and 396 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 57
2021 75
2022 84
2023 84
2024 100

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

12%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 85 percent of the share for Kenworth: 13%
  • About 25 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 6 57
2021 7 78
2022 12 85
2023 13 84
2024 14 92

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

4%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About two-thirds of the share for Kenworth: 5%
  • About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

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

28%

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

  • About 80 percent of the share for Kenworth: 34%
  • About 55 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Kenworth T880 Kenworth All vehicles
Driver speeding 3.5% 5.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.3% 1.3% 17.7%
At night 27.8% 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 291
Cloudy 63
Rain 23
Fog, Smog, Smoke 6
Freezing Rain or Drizzle 2

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 260
Dark - Not Lighted 83
Dark - Lighted 31
Dawn 17
Dusk 5

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 38
Florida 28
California 25
North Carolina 23
Georgia 23
South Carolina 22
Alabama 20
Indiana 18
New York 16
Tennessee 14

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kenworth T880 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
Nov 25, 2021 Iberia Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 19, 2021 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 2
Nov 16, 2021 Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana 1
Oct 28, 2021 Whitman County, Washington 1
Oct 26, 2021 Bonita Springs, Lee County, Florida 1
Oct 25, 2021 Avondale Estates, DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Oct 21, 2021 Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia 1
Oct 20, 2021 Grays Harbor County, Washington 3
Oct 19, 2021 Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas 1
Oct 18, 2021 Kern County, California 1
Oct 17, 2021 Elmsford, Westchester County, New York 1
Oct 8, 2021 Morgan County, Colorado 1
Sep 18, 2021 Harris County, Texas 1
Sep 16, 2021 Bartow County, Georgia 1
Sep 13, 2021 St. Louis County, Minnesota 1
Sep 13, 2021 DeSoto County, Florida 1
Sep 10, 2021 Waterloo, Seneca County, New York 1
Sep 8, 2021 Forsyth County, Georgia 1
Sep 8, 2021 Orange County, Florida 1
Sep 4, 2021 Grant County, Arkansas 1
Sep 1, 2021 Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York 1
Aug 21, 2021 Maricopa County, Arizona 2
Aug 17, 2021 St. Clair County, Alabama 1
Aug 11, 2021 Sedgwick County, Kansas 1
Aug 10, 2021 Sebring, Highlands County, Florida 1

Compare Kenworth T880 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.