Fatal crash profile · Make

Sterling Truck

Compared with All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
169
Fatal crashes
169
Deaths inside
48
Other deaths
133

Between 2020 and 2024, 169 vehicles described as Sterling Truck were involved in 169 fatal crashes in the United States. 48 people died inside these vehicles and 133 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 38
2021 43
2022 29
2023 30
2024 29

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

27%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About half the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 6 34
2021 10 38
2022 9 21
2023 12 21
2024 11 19

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

8%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 45 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

4%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 18%

15%

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

  • About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Sterling Truck All vehicles
Driver speeding 8.3% 19.0%
Driver drinking 4.1% 17.7%
At night 14.8% 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 118
Cloudy 32
Rain 7
Fog, Smog, Smoke 4
Blowing Snow 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 137
Dark - Not Lighted 16
Dark - Lighted 11
Dawn 4
Dusk 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
Florida 24
Texas 11
North Carolina 10
Ohio 9
Minnesota 8
Georgia 7
Indiana 7
Virginia 6
South Carolina 6
Pennsylvania 5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Sterling Truck models

  • L9500 series 75 crashes
  • A9500 series 30 crashes
  • Acterra 13 crashes
  • L8500 series 13 crashes
  • L7500 series 13 crashes
  • L9522 5 crashes
  • L9513 4 crashes
  • L9511 3 crashes
  • SC8000 2 crashes
  • Condor 2 crashes
  • M7500 Acterra 2 crashes
  • LC Series Car Hauler 2 crashes
  • ST9500 series 1 crash
  • L7501 1 crash
  • L8511 1 crash
  • M8500 Acterra 1 crash
  • 5500 Job Rated 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
Jun 1, 2023 Redford Township, Wayne County, Michigan 1
Jun 1, 2023 Shiloh, St. Clair County, Illinois 1
May 17, 2023 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio 1
May 2, 2023 Habersham County, Georgia 2
Mar 22, 2023 Madison County, Indiana 1
Mar 14, 2023 Boulder County, Colorado 1
Mar 13, 2023 Belle Glade, Palm Beach County, Florida 1
Feb 17, 2023 Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida 1
Jan 6, 2023 St. Charles Parish, Louisiana 1
Dec 16, 2022 Colfax County, Nebraska 1
Dec 13, 2022 Barrow County, Georgia 1
Nov 16, 2022 Nicholasville, Jessamine County, Kentucky 1
Nov 2, 2022 Richmond, Richmond city, Virginia 1
Oct 21, 2022 Hoke County, North Carolina 1
Oct 12, 2022 Forsyth County, North Carolina 1
Sep 12, 2022 Blue Earth County, Minnesota 1
Sep 6, 2022 Perry County, Missouri 1
Aug 24, 2022 Licking County, Ohio 1
Aug 18, 2022 Anderson County, Texas 1
Aug 17, 2022 McCreary County, Kentucky 1
Aug 6, 2022 Allen County, Kentucky 1
Aug 4, 2022 Jerauld County, South Dakota 1
Aug 2, 2022 Farley, Dubuque County, Iowa 2
Jul 12, 2022 Kent County, Michigan 1
Jun 15, 2022 Ashland, Greene County, New York 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.