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
Jun 11, 2020 Fairfield County, South Carolina 1
Jun 11, 2020 Coles County, Illinois 3
Jun 10, 2020 Franklin County, Illinois 1
Jun 9, 2020 Jackson County, Mississippi 1
Jun 9, 2020 Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 1
Jun 9, 2020 Stevenson, Jackson County, Alabama 2
Jun 8, 2020 Kimball County, Nebraska 2
Jun 4, 2020 Fremont County, Iowa 1
Jun 3, 2020 Stafford, Genesee County, New York 1
Jun 2, 2020 Curry County, New Mexico 1
Jun 1, 2020 Madison County, Ohio 1
May 31, 2020 Lathrop, San Joaquin County, California 1
May 29, 2020 Denton County, Texas 1
May 29, 2020 Polk County, Florida 1
May 28, 2020 Botetourt County, Virginia 2
May 26, 2020 Shiawassee County, Michigan 1
May 23, 2020 Montgomery County, Virginia 1
May 23, 2020 Salome, La Paz County, Arizona 1
May 22, 2020 Porter County, Indiana 1
May 21, 2020 Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming 2
May 21, 2020 Indian Trail, Union County, North Carolina 1
May 21, 2020 Grady County, Georgia 1
May 18, 2020 Lehigh County, Pennsylvania 1
May 13, 2020 Garland, Dallas County, Texas 1
May 11, 2020 Ward County, Texas 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.