Fatal crash profile · Model year

2001 GMC Sierra

Compared with GMC Sierra · GMC · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
141
Fatal crashes
141
Deaths inside
75
Other deaths
75

Between 2020 and 2024, 141 vehicles described as 2001 GMC Sierra were involved in 141 fatal crashes in the United States. 75 people died inside these vehicles and 75 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 pickup trucks or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year
Category Vehicles
2020 38
2021 25
2022 32
2023 22
2024 24

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

50%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About 1.3 times the share for GMC Sierra: 39%
  • About 1.2 times the share for GMC: 42%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 20 19
2021 12 14
2022 17 18
2023 13 10
2024 13 14

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

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About 1.3 times the share for GMC Sierra: 16%
  • About 1.3 times the share for GMC: 16%
  • About 1.1 times the share for all vehicles: 19%

22%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About the same as the share for GMC Sierra: 21%
  • About 1.2 times the share for GMC: 18%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

50%

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

  • About the same as the share for GMC Sierra: 47%
  • About the same as the share for GMC: 48%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category 2001 GMC Sierra GMC Sierra GMC All vehicles
Driver speeding 21.3% 16.5% 16.2% 19.0%
Driver drinking 22.0% 20.9% 18.4% 17.7%
At night 50.4% 47.5% 47.9% 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 101
Cloudy 18
Rain 9
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Snow 4

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 78
Dark - Not Lighted 39
Dark - Lighted 13
Dusk 4
Dawn 4

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
Louisiana 14
Texas 14
California 11
North Carolina 8
Oklahoma 6
Michigan 6
Alabama 6
Florida 6
Missouri 5
South Carolina 5

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date Location Deaths
Dec 16, 2023 Oxford, Calhoun County, Alabama 1
Nov 26, 2023 Lincoln, Talladega County, Alabama 1
Oct 26, 2023 Sequoyah County, Oklahoma 1
Sep 22, 2023 Jones County, Mississippi 1
Sep 16, 2023 Green County, Wisconsin 1
Sep 7, 2023 Carbon County, Montana 1
Aug 16, 2023 Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico 1
Aug 4, 2023 Barren County, Kentucky 1
Jun 28, 2023 Pennington, Choctaw County, Alabama 1
Jun 4, 2023 Le Flore County, Oklahoma 1
May 15, 2023 Kern County, California 1
May 12, 2023 Florence County, South Carolina 1
May 5, 2023 Oracle, Pinal County, Arizona 1
Apr 26, 2023 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut 1
Apr 24, 2023 St. Johns County, Florida 1
Apr 4, 2023 Longmont, Boulder County, Colorado 1
Mar 11, 2023 Flathead County, Montana 1
Mar 7, 2023 Marion County, Florida 1
Mar 2, 2023 Kern County, California 1
Feb 21, 2023 Cedar Grove, Kanawha County, West Virginia 2
Jan 26, 2023 Kalamazoo County, Michigan 1
Dec 26, 2022 Kalkaska County, Michigan 1
Dec 16, 2022 Greenville County, South Carolina 1
Nov 22, 2022 Allen Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 18, 2022 Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina 1

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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.