Fatal crash profile · Model

Peterbilt 579

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 683
Fatal crashes: 678
Deaths inside: 82
Other deaths: 703

Between 2020 and 2024, 683 vehicles described as Peterbilt 579 were involved in 678 fatal crashes in the United States. 82 people died inside these vehicles and 703 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	112
2021	128
2022	145
2023	149
2024	149

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	11	111
2021	20	134
2022	18	148
2023	20	152
2024	13	158

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 85 percent of the share for Peterbilt: 6%
About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About two-thirds of the share for Peterbilt: 1%
About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

46%

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

About 1.4 times the share for Peterbilt: 33%
About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Peterbilt 579	Peterbilt	All vehicles
Driver speeding	4.7%	5.6%	19.0%
Driver drinking	0.9%	1.3%	17.7%
At night	46.4%	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	460
Cloudy	96
Rain	66
Snow	13
Fog, Smog, Smoke	11

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	338
Dark - Not Lighted	226
Dark - Lighted	86
Dawn	15
Dusk	8

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	70
Illinois	39
Florida	31
Indiana	30
Georgia	30
Oklahoma	30
New Mexico	25
Pennsylvania	22
Missouri	22

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Peterbilt 579 by model year

2024 22 crashes
2023 47 crashes
2022 55 crashes
2021 60 crashes
2020 98 crashes
2019 89 crashes
2018 69 crashes
2017 58 crashes
2016 88 crashes
2015 60 crashes
2014 27 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
Jul 21, 2020	Robertson County, Tennessee	SR-49	1
Jul 21, 2020	Forest Park, Clayton County, Georgia	I-75	1
Jul 19, 2020	Wilder, Campbell County, Kentucky	SR-9	2
Jul 17, 2020	Harrison County, Mississippi	US-49	1
Jul 14, 2020	Cass County, Minnesota	SR-64	1
Jul 8, 2020	Parker County, Texas	I-20	1
Jul 8, 2020	Lebanon County, Pennsylvania	I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HWY	1
Jul 6, 2020	Boone County, Kentucky	I-75	1
Jul 1, 2020	Forney, Kaufman County, Texas	US-80	1
Jun 30, 2020	Davidson County, North Carolina	I-285	1
Jun 23, 2020	Wright City, Warren County, Missouri	I-70	1
Jun 21, 2020	Ellis County, Texas	I-35E	1
Jun 20, 2020	Merced County, California	SR-59	1
Jun 17, 2020	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico	I-40	1
Jun 17, 2020	Wayne County, Indiana	US-27N	1
Jun 16, 2020	Shelby County, Indiana	I-65	1
Jun 12, 2020	Columbia County, Wisconsin	I-39	4
Jun 10, 2020	St. Martin Parish, Louisiana	US-90	1
Jun 3, 2020	Webber, Jewell County, Kansas	SR-14	1
May 29, 2020	Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Georgia	I-95	1
May 25, 2020	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico	I-40 EB	1
May 7, 2020	Sherman County, Oregon	US-97 ODOT 4	1
Apr 27, 2020	Clark County, Nevada	SR-604	1
Apr 24, 2020	St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana	SR-59	1
Apr 22, 2020	Houston, Harris County, Texas	NUNN ST	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.