Fatal crash profile · Model

Peterbilt 389

Compared with Peterbilt · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
557
Fatal crashes
554
Deaths inside
52
Other deaths
583

Between 2020 and 2024, 557 vehicles described as Peterbilt 389 were involved in 554 fatal crashes in the United States. 52 people died inside these vehicles and 583 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 72
2021 111
2022 113
2023 139
2024 122

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

8%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About three-quarters of the share for Peterbilt: 11%
  • About 15 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 8 74
2021 7 123
2022 7 121
2023 18 143
2024 12 122

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

6%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for Peterbilt: 6%
  • About 30 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 85 percent of the share for Peterbilt: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

31%

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

  • About the same as the share for Peterbilt: 33%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Peterbilt 389 Peterbilt All vehicles
Driver speeding 5.6% 5.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.1% 1.3% 17.7%
At night 30.5% 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 398
Cloudy 82
Rain 32
Fog, Smog, Smoke 10
Snow 9

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 370
Dark - Not Lighted 126
Dark - Lighted 35
Dawn 15
Dusk 7

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 83
California 56
Louisiana 24
Pennsylvania 21
Missouri 16
Florida 16
Mississippi 16
Oklahoma 16
Oregon 16
New York 16

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Peterbilt 389 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
Dec 18, 2023 Meade County, South Dakota 1
Dec 18, 2023 Nassau County, Florida 1
Dec 2, 2023 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska 1
Nov 30, 2023 Esmeralda County, Nevada 1
Nov 28, 2023 Warren County, Mississippi 1
Nov 27, 2023 Jewett, Leon County, Texas 2
Nov 22, 2023 Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia 2
Nov 16, 2023 Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming 1
Nov 15, 2023 Scioto County, Ohio 1
Nov 13, 2023 Dunn County, Wisconsin 1
Nov 11, 2023 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 2
Nov 10, 2023 Ottawa County, Kansas 1
Nov 3, 2023 Glasscock County, Texas 1
Nov 3, 2023 Somerset County, Pennsylvania 1
Oct 24, 2023 Torrance County, New Mexico 1
Oct 24, 2023 Ball Ground, Cherokee County, Georgia 1
Oct 23, 2023 St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana 3
Oct 21, 2023 Brundidge, Pike County, Alabama 1
Oct 20, 2023 St. Clair County, Michigan 1
Oct 16, 2023 Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico 1
Oct 3, 2023 Box Butte County, Nebraska 3
Oct 3, 2023 Orange County, Indiana 1
Oct 3, 2023 Sutter County, California 1
Oct 2, 2023 Castro County, Texas 1
Oct 2, 2023 Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee 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.