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
Jul 20, 2020	Lincoln County, South Dakota	CR-270TH ST	1
Jul 16, 2020	Gwinnett County, Georgia	US-78 SR-10 STONE MOUNTAIN HWY	1
Jun 27, 2020	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	US-11 RITNER HWY	1
Jun 26, 2020	Orangeburg County, South Carolina	I-26	1
Jun 25, 2020	Henderson, Chester County, Tennessee	US-45 SR-5	2
Jun 23, 2020	Okfuskee County, Oklahoma	SR-56	1
Jun 19, 2020	Miami-Dade County, Florida	72ND AVE	1
Jun 14, 2020	Wood County, Wisconsin	SR-186	2
May 23, 2020	Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	US-11 LINCOLN HWY	1
May 12, 2020	Port Saint Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida	BECKER RD	1
Apr 28, 2020	Rankin County, Mississippi	US-49	1
Apr 22, 2020	Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey	DEPTFORD CENTER RD	1
Mar 30, 2020	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas	SR-310	1
Mar 12, 2020	Skamania County, Washington	SR-14	1
Mar 11, 2020	Montgomery County, Alabama	US-231 SR-9	1
Feb 24, 2020	Barrow County, Georgia	SR-82	1
Jan 31, 2020	Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona	SR-90	1
Jan 20, 2020	Manatee County, Florida	I-275	1
Jan 9, 2020	Newport, Sullivan County, New Hampshire	SR-11	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.