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
Mar 6, 2021 Trumann, Poinsett County, Arkansas 1
Feb 4, 2021 Lewis and Clark County, Montana 1
Jan 8, 2021 Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi 1
Dec 30, 2020 Amelia County, Virginia 1
Dec 22, 2020 Alachua County, Florida 1
Dec 7, 2020 Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1
Nov 29, 2020 Winn Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 22, 2020 Riverside County, California 1
Nov 18, 2020 Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana 1
Nov 15, 2020 Forrest City, St. Francis County, Arkansas 1
Nov 1, 2020 Sumter County, South Carolina 1
Oct 2, 2020 Shenandoah, Page County, Virginia 1
Oct 2, 2020 Lafourche Parish, Louisiana 1
Sep 12, 2020 Athens, Henderson County, Texas 1
Sep 10, 2020 Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico 1
Sep 5, 2020 Latimer County, Oklahoma 1
Aug 24, 2020 Branch County, Michigan 1
Aug 22, 2020 Pasco County, Florida 1
Aug 16, 2020 DeKalb County, Georgia 1
Aug 1, 2020 Anderson County, South Carolina 1
Aug 1, 2020 Monroe, Walton County, Georgia 1
Jul 21, 2020 Scio, Linn County, Oregon 1
Jul 13, 2020 Big Spring, Howard County, Texas 1
Jul 8, 2020 Lebanon County, Pennsylvania 1
Jul 2, 2020 Overton County, Tennessee 1

Compare 2001 GMC Sierra 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.