Fatal crash profile · Make

Peterbilt

Compared with All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
3,269
Fatal crashes
3,217
Deaths inside
400
Other deaths
3,316

Between 2020 and 2024, 3,269 vehicles described as Peterbilt were involved in 3,217 fatal crashes in the United States. 400 people died inside these vehicles and 3,316 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 577
2021 716
2022 676
2023 674
2024 626

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

11%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 57 583
2021 84 755
2022 101 670
2023 84 687
2024 74 621

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 30 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

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

33%

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

  • About two-thirds of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Peterbilt All vehicles
Driver speeding 5.6% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.3% 17.7%
At night 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 2,302
Cloudy 459
Rain 204
Fog, Smog, Smoke 62
Snow 42

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 2,028
Dark - Not Lighted 757
Dark - Lighted 281
Dawn 82
Dusk 46

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 482
California 276
Florida 166
Pennsylvania 108
Oklahoma 106
Illinois 102
Georgia 97
Missouri 86
Ohio 84
Louisiana 84

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Peterbilt models

  • 379 789 crashes
  • 579 678 crashes
  • 389 554 crashes
  • 567 259 crashes
  • 386 113 crashes
  • 388 99 crashes
  • 378 94 crashes
  • 337 76 crashes
  • 387 72 crashes
  • 367 61 crashes
  • 357 59 crashes
  • 348 57 crashes
  • 365 54 crashes
  • 520 41 crashes
  • 320 33 crashes
  • 384 33 crashes
  • 587 27 crashes
  • 335 26 crashes
  • 330 22 crashes
  • 377 17 crashes
  • 385 14 crashes
  • 359 13 crashes
  • 340 10 crashes
  • 220 10 crashes
  • Peterbilt 9 crashes
  • 382 7 crashes
  • 362 5 crashes
  • Medium Duty COE 4 crashes
  • 536 3 crashes
  • 372 2 crashes
  • 325 2 crashes
  • 352 2 crashes
  • 548 2 crashes
  • 589 1 crash
  • 537 1 crash
  • 477 1 crash

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
May 29, 2020 Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa 1
May 29, 2020 Clay County, Iowa 1
May 29, 2020 Port Wentworth, Chatham County, Georgia 1
May 29, 2020 Polk County, Florida 1
May 27, 2020 Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas 1
May 25, 2020 Somerset County, Pennsylvania 1
May 25, 2020 Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico 1
May 20, 2020 Plano, Collin County, Texas 2
May 20, 2020 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1
May 20, 2020 Sampson County, North Carolina 1
May 20, 2020 Evangeline Parish, Louisiana 1
May 20, 2020 Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 1
May 19, 2020 Pickens County, Georgia 1
May 19, 2020 Tulare County, California 2
May 18, 2020 Lincoln County, Oregon 1
May 18, 2020 Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina 1
May 16, 2020 Grandville, Kent County, Michigan 1
May 14, 2020 Polk County, Texas 1
May 14, 2020 Coos County, Oregon 1
May 14, 2020 Martin County, Florida 1
May 14, 2020 Orlando, Orange County, Florida 1
May 12, 2020 Whitesboro, Grayson County, Texas 1
May 12, 2020 Venango County, Pennsylvania 1
May 11, 2020 Pickens County, Alabama 1
May 10, 2020 Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 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.