Fatal crash profile · Make

Peterbilt

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

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 30 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

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	Road	Deaths
Aug 29, 2022	Pierce County, Washington	CR-CANYON ROAD E	1
Aug 29, 2022	Smith County, Texas	SR-110	1
Aug 29, 2022	Park County, Colorado	US-285	1
Aug 27, 2022	Grand Traverse County, Michigan	US-131	1
Aug 27, 2022	Cullman County, Alabama	I-65	1
Aug 26, 2022	Custer County, South Dakota	SR-79	1
Aug 26, 2022	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	I-76 MAINLINE TPKE	1
Aug 26, 2022	Fayette County, Illinois	US-40	1
Aug 26, 2022	Fresno County, California	SR-41	1
Aug 26, 2022	Merced County, California	SR-152	1
Aug 23, 2022	Fayette County, Pennsylvania	SR-857 GEORGES FAIRCHANCE RD	1
Aug 23, 2022	Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico	I-40	1
Aug 23, 2022	Stockton, San Joaquin County, California	SR-4 CHARTER WAY	1
Aug 23, 2022	San Joaquin County, California	THORNTON RD	1
Aug 22, 2022	Adams County, Wisconsin	SR-21	3
Aug 22, 2022	Liberty County, Texas	FM 787	1
Aug 22, 2022	Rutherford County, Tennessee	I-24	1
Aug 22, 2022	Eddy County, New Mexico	US-285	1
Aug 22, 2022	Kingman County, Kansas	US-54	1
Aug 22, 2022	St. Francis County, Arkansas	I-40	1
Aug 22, 2022	Shonto, Navajo County, Arizona	US-160	1
Aug 21, 2022	Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Texas	I-69 C	2
Aug 20, 2022	Powell County, Kentucky	SR-9000 MOUNTAIN PKWY	1
Aug 20, 2022	St. Francis County, Arkansas	I-40	1
Aug 17, 2022	Harrison County, Ohio	US-22 CADIZ PIEDMONT RD	1

Compare Peterbilt 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.