Fatal crash profile · Model

Peterbilt 387

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 72
Fatal crashes: 72
Deaths inside: 8
Other deaths: 71

Between 2020 and 2024, 72 vehicles described as Peterbilt 387 were involved in 72 fatal crashes in the United States. 8 people died inside these vehicles and 71 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	20
2021	20
2022	13
2023	13
2024	6

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

10%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Peterbilt: 11%
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	19
2021	2	20
2022	2	16
2023	2	11
2024	1	5

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

10%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 1.7 times the share for Peterbilt: 6%
About half the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About double the share for Peterbilt: 1%
About 15 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

50%

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

About 1.5 times the share for Peterbilt: 33%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Peterbilt 387	Peterbilt	All vehicles
Driver speeding	9.7%	5.6%	19.0%
Driver drinking	2.8%	1.3%	17.7%
At night	50.0%	32.9%	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	53
Cloudy	8
Rain	4
Blowing Snow	1
Fog, Smog, Smoke	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	35
Dark - Not Lighted	27
Dark - Lighted	6
Dusk	2
Dark - Unknown Lighting	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
Texas	21
Florida	5
Ohio	4
California	4
Arkansas	3
Illinois	3
Idaho	3
Colorado	2
Wisconsin	2
Georgia	2

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Peterbilt 387 by model year

2010 10 crashes
2007 13 crashes
2006 11 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
Dec 2, 2024	Van Buren County, Michigan	I-94	1
Oct 31, 2024	Riverside County, California	SR-74	1
Jul 11, 2024	Obion County, Tennessee	US-51 SR-3	1
May 22, 2024	Brazoria County, Texas	FM 521	1
May 13, 2024	Nye County, Nevada	US-95	1
Feb 6, 2024	Pecos County, Texas	I-10	1
Dec 19, 2023	Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon	US-20 ODOT 7	1
Dec 14, 2023	Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina	US-421	1
Dec 6, 2023	Berks County, Pennsylvania	US-422 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HWY	1
Nov 7, 2023	Lanier County, Georgia	SR-64	1
Nov 6, 2023	Freestone County, Texas	I-45	1
Oct 30, 2023	Imperial County, California	SR-78 BEN HULSE HWY	1
Oct 4, 2023	Leon County, Texas	US-79	1
Mar 28, 2023	McLennan County, Texas	I-35	1
Feb 9, 2023	Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi	I-10	1
Jan 24, 2023	Bannock County, Idaho	I-15	1
Jan 21, 2023	Midland County, Texas	SR-349	1
Jan 19, 2023	Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia	I-81	1
Jan 18, 2023	Kane County, Illinois	I-88	1
Dec 27, 2022	Bella Vista, Benton County, Arkansas	US-71	1
Dec 23, 2022	Erie County, Ohio	I-80	4
Nov 30, 2022	Freestone County, Texas	I-45	1
Oct 12, 2022	Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia	I-75	1
Sep 14, 2022	LaPorte County, Indiana	US-20	1
Sep 5, 2022	Torrance County, New Mexico	US-285	1

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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.