Fatal crash profile · Model

GMC Sierra

Compared with GMC · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024
4,041
Fatal crashes
4,020
Deaths inside
1,760
Other deaths
2,696

Between 2020 and 2024, 4,041 vehicles described as GMC Sierra were involved in 4,020 fatal crashes in the United States. 1,760 people died inside these vehicles and 2,696 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 789
2021 841
2022 859
2023 773
2024 779

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

39%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

  • About the same as the share for GMC: 42%
  • About three-quarters of the share for all vehicles: 51%
Deaths in these crashes by year
Category Inside these vehicles Other road users
2020 365 505
2021 386 560
2022 385 547
2023 327 525
2024 297 559

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

16%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

  • About the same as the share for GMC: 16%
  • About 85 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

21%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

  • About 1.1 times the share for GMC: 18%
  • About 1.2 times the share for all vehicles: 18%

47%

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

  • About the same as the share for GMC: 48%
  • About the same as the share for all vehicles: 49%
Crash factors compared
Category GMC Sierra GMC All vehicles
Driver speeding 16.5% 16.2% 19.0%
Driver drinking 20.9% 18.4% 17.7%
At night 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 2,956
Cloudy 522
Rain 269
Fog, Smog, Smoke 59
Snow 43

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 2,043
Dark - Not Lighted 1,166
Dark - Lighted 584
Dusk 94
Dawn 81

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 561
California 317
Florida 262
Louisiana 173
Michigan 151
Georgia 140
Arkansas 134
Missouri 125
Tennessee 124
Alabama 123

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

GMC Sierra 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 17, 2021 Houston, Harris County, Texas 1
Jun 17, 2021 Benson County, North Dakota 1
Jun 16, 2021 Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania 1
Jun 16, 2021 Allegan County, Michigan 1
Jun 16, 2021 Kern County, California 2
Jun 15, 2021 Mille Lacs County, Minnesota 1
Jun 15, 2021 Vernon Parish, Louisiana 1
Jun 15, 2021 Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa 1
Jun 14, 2021 Seymour, New Haven County, Connecticut 1
Jun 13, 2021 Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey 1
Jun 13, 2021 Washington County, Missouri 2
Jun 13, 2021 Jackson County, Mississippi 1
Jun 11, 2021 Gaines County, Texas 1
Jun 11, 2021 Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho 1
Jun 11, 2021 Hope, Hempstead County, Arkansas 1
Jun 10, 2021 Grayson County, Virginia 1
Jun 10, 2021 Guilford County, North Carolina 1
Jun 9, 2021 Laredo, Webb County, Texas 1
Jun 9, 2021 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas 1
Jun 8, 2021 Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas 1
Jun 8, 2021 Kern County, California 1
Jun 7, 2021 Orangeburg County, South Carolina 1
Jun 7, 2021 Brunswick County, North Carolina 1
Jun 7, 2021 Kootenai County, Idaho 1
Jun 6, 2021 Campbell County, Tennessee 1

Compare 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.