Fatal crash profile · Model

Volvo Truck VNL

Compared with Volvo Truck · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
1,614
Fatal crashes
1,565
Deaths inside
257
Other deaths
1,656

Between 2020 and 2024, 1,614 vehicles described as Volvo Truck VNL were involved in 1,565 fatal crashes in the United States. 257 people died inside these vehicles and 1,656 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 329
2021 305
2022 352
2023 317
2024 311

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

13%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for Volvo Truck: 13%
  • About one-quarter of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 46 354
2021 50 313
2022 62 365
2023 52 318
2024 47 306

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 the same as the share for Volvo Truck: 7%
  • About 40 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for Volvo Truck: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

48%

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

  • About the same as the share for Volvo Truck: 48%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Volvo Truck VNL Volvo Truck All vehicles
Driver speeding 7.7% 7.1% 19.0%
Driver drinking 1.2% 1.2% 17.7%
At night 47.8% 47.8% 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 1,130
Cloudy 183
Rain 119
Fog, Smog, Smoke 36
Snow 34

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 753
Dark - Not Lighted 531
Dark - Lighted 190
Dawn 47
Dusk 29

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 179
California 94
Indiana 87
Ohio 82
Florida 82
Georgia 79
Illinois 75
Tennessee 68
Arizona 60
Pennsylvania 53

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Volvo Truck VNL by model year

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
Apr 8, 2022 Fresno County, California 1
Apr 8, 2022 Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona 1
Apr 7, 2022 Madison County, Florida 1
Apr 5, 2022 New Trenton, Franklin County, Indiana 1
Apr 4, 2022 Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee 1
Apr 3, 2022 McKinley County, New Mexico 1
Apr 2, 2022 Charlotte County, Florida 3
Apr 1, 2022 Lonoke County, Arkansas 1
Apr 1, 2022 Lupton, Apache County, Arizona 2
Mar 31, 2022 Denton, Denton County, Texas 1
Mar 31, 2022 Seward County, Nebraska 2
Mar 28, 2022 Madison County, Mississippi 1
Mar 24, 2022 Jewett, Leon County, Texas 1
Mar 24, 2022 Elkhart County, Indiana 1
Mar 23, 2022 El Paso County, Texas 1
Mar 22, 2022 Florence County, South Carolina 1
Mar 22, 2022 Kern County, California 1
Mar 20, 2022 Big Horn County, Montana 2
Mar 19, 2022 Wolcott, White County, Indiana 1
Mar 18, 2022 Cooper County, Missouri 1
Mar 17, 2022 Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin 1
Mar 17, 2022 Clay County, Tennessee 1
Mar 17, 2022 Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri 1
Mar 17, 2022 Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri 1
Mar 17, 2022 Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri 1

Compare Volvo Truck VNL 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.