Fatal crash profile · Model

Western Star 4900

Compared with Western Star · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
171
Fatal crashes
171
Deaths inside
27
Other deaths
160

Between 2020 and 2024, 171 vehicles described as Western Star 4900 were involved in 171 fatal crashes in the United States. 27 people died inside these vehicles and 160 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 25
2021 42
2022 37
2023 34
2024 33

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

14%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 80 percent of the share for Western Star: 18%
  • About 30 percent of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 6 23
2021 6 39
2022 3 39
2023 7 30
2024 5 29

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

11%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.5 times the share for Western Star: 7%
  • About 60 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

1%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About half the share for Western Star: 1%
  • About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

26%

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

  • About 1.1 times the share for Western Star: 24%
  • About half the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category Western Star 4900 Western Star All vehicles
Driver speeding 11.1% 7.4% 19.0%
Driver drinking 0.6% 1.1% 17.7%
At night 26.3% 23.7% 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 126
Cloudy 25
Rain 7
Snow 4
Severe Crosswinds 2

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 120
Dark - Not Lighted 32
Dawn 9
Dark - Lighted 8
Dusk 2

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 28
New York 8
Illinois 7
North Carolina 7
Mississippi 7
Florida 7
Louisiana 6
Michigan 6
Pennsylvania 6
Maine 5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Western Star 4900 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
Mar 2, 2022 Cassia County, Idaho 1
Jan 25, 2022 Bayfield County, Wisconsin 1
Jan 18, 2022 Freestone County, Texas 1
Jan 8, 2022 Chester County, Tennessee 1
Dec 22, 2021 Mitchell County, Texas 1
Dec 17, 2021 Scott County, Illinois 1
Dec 16, 2021 Montcalm County, Michigan 1
Dec 3, 2021 Muskogee County, Oklahoma 1
Dec 1, 2021 Amite, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 30, 2021 Andrews County, Texas 1
Nov 22, 2021 Isle of Wight County, Virginia 1
Sep 30, 2021 George County, Mississippi 1
Sep 21, 2021 Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana 2
Sep 20, 2021 Whitfield County, Georgia 1
Sep 18, 2021 Kingston, Ulster County, New York 1
Sep 10, 2021 Lane County, Oregon 1
Sep 3, 2021 Bethlehem, Grafton County, New Hampshire 1
Sep 2, 2021 Lycoming County, Pennsylvania 1
Aug 25, 2021 Gloucester County, New Jersey 1
Aug 19, 2021 Madison County, Indiana 1
Aug 18, 2021 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 1
Jul 30, 2021 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio 1
Jul 28, 2021 Crawford, Washington County, Maine 1
Jul 26, 2021 Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey 1
Jun 29, 2021 Ford County, Illinois 1

Compare Western Star 4900 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.