Fatal crash profile · Make

Sterling Truck

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

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

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

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	Road	Deaths
Aug 17, 2021	Gibson County, Indiana	US-41N	1
Aug 12, 2021	Bethany, New Haven County, Connecticut	POLE HILL RD	1
Aug 10, 2021	Scott County, Tennessee	US-27 SR-29 SCOTT HWY	1
Jul 31, 2021	Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York	I-81	1
Jul 28, 2021	Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana	SR-1	1
Jul 27, 2021	Lucas County, Ohio	I-475	1
Jul 23, 2021	Westmoreland County, Virginia	SR-3/ KINGS HWY	2
Jul 20, 2021	Phillips County, Montana	US-191 N	1
Jul 19, 2021	Cumberland Center, Cumberland County, Maine	US-1	1
Jul 10, 2021	Chesterfield County, South Carolina	SR-AIRPORT RD	1
Jun 25, 2021	Grundy County, Missouri	US-65	1
Jun 8, 2021	Itasca County, Minnesota	CR-57	2
May 19, 2021	Yadkin County, North Carolina	I-77	2
May 17, 2021	Amherst County, Virginia	US-29	1
May 15, 2021	Jessamine County, Kentucky	SR-169 KEENE RD	1
May 13, 2021	Jasper County, Mississippi	SR-18	1
May 12, 2021	Stearns County, Minnesota	I-94	1
May 1, 2021	Salome, La Paz County, Arizona	I-10	2
Apr 26, 2021	Kosciusko County, Indiana	SR-13S	1
Apr 23, 2021	Danville, Danville city, Virginia	US-29	1
Apr 22, 2021	Dallas County, Arkansas	SR-229-0	1
Apr 14, 2021	Whitfield County, Georgia	CR-100 DUG GAP RD	1
Mar 9, 2021	Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	CR-PP GOOD HOPE RD W	1
Mar 8, 2021	Cleveland, White County, Georgia	SR-11	1
Feb 28, 2021	Hillsborough County, Florida	SR-676	1

Compare Sterling Truck 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.