Fatal crash profile · Model

Kenworth W900

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 249
Fatal crashes: 248
Deaths inside: 37
Other deaths: 240

Between 2020 and 2024, 249 vehicles described as Kenworth W900 were involved in 248 fatal crashes in the United States. 37 people died inside these vehicles and 240 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	32
2021	50
2022	71
2023	55
2024	41

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	4	31
2021	8	46
2022	9	68
2023	8	54
2024	8	41

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 80 percent of the share for Kenworth: 5%
About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About 1.3 times the share for Kenworth: 1%
About 10 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

36%

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

About the same as the share for Kenworth: 34%
About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Kenworth W900	Kenworth	All vehicles
Driver speeding	4.0%	5.1%	19.0%
Driver drinking	1.6%	1.3%	17.7%
At night	36.1%	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	181
Cloudy	29
Rain	15
Fog, Smog, Smoke	6
Blowing Sand, Soil, Dirt	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	150
Dark - Not Lighted	70
Dark - Lighted	17
Dusk	6
Dawn	3

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	30
Virginia	13
Colorado	11
Utah	11
Pennsylvania	10
Indiana	10
Florida	9
Georgia	9
Alabama	9
Illinois	7

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Kenworth W900 by model year

2005 29 crashes
2004 13 crashes
2003 14 crashes
2002 18 crashes
2001 17 crashes
2000 43 crashes
1999 24 crashes
1998 20 crashes
1997 15 crashes
1996 11 crashes
1995 10 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
Nov 3, 2023	Tillamook County, Oregon	SR-6 ODOT 37	1
Nov 3, 2023	Camden County, Georgia	I-95	1
Nov 1, 2023	Alden, Erie County, New York	SR-33 GENESEE ST	1
Oct 19, 2023	Bonner County, Idaho	SR-41	1
Oct 19, 2023	Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho	US-91	1
Oct 11, 2023	Sauk County, Wisconsin	I-90	1
Oct 5, 2023	Mobile County, Alabama	CR-HAMILTON BLVD	1
Sep 28, 2023	Chesapeake, Chesapeake city, Virginia	US-17	1
Sep 27, 2023	Parowan, Iron County, Utah	I-15	1
Sep 27, 2023	Orderville, Kane County, Utah	US-89	2
Sep 20, 2023	Darlington County, South Carolina	I-95	1
Sep 20, 2023	Watonwan County, Minnesota	SR-30	1
Sep 19, 2023	Harper County, Oklahoma	US-283	1
Sep 18, 2023	Baldwin County, Alabama	I-65	1
Sep 14, 2023	Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina	SR-48 ASSEMBLEY STREET	1
Sep 14, 2023	Ray County, Missouri	SR-M	2
Aug 2, 2023	Jackson Parish, Louisiana	SR-147	1
Aug 1, 2023	Eagle, Cass County, Nebraska	US-34	1
Jul 14, 2023	Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee	I-40	1
Jul 10, 2023	Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas	SR-107/UNIVERSITY DR	1
Jun 19, 2023	Lafayette County, Wisconsin	SR-81	1
Jun 19, 2023	Oldham County, Texas	US-385/TEXAS PLAINS TRL	1
Jun 18, 2023	Harrison County, Iowa	SR-127	3
Jun 15, 2023	Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia	US-84/221 SR-38 E HILL AVE	1
May 17, 2023	Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona	I-10	1

Compare Kenworth W900 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.