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
Dec 30, 2021 Ogemaw County, Michigan 1
Dec 29, 2021 Jefferson County, Illinois 2
Dec 29, 2021 Sacramento County, California 2
Dec 29, 2021 Fulton County, Arkansas 1
Dec 28, 2021 North Logan, Cache County, Utah 1
Dec 28, 2021 Spartanburg County, South Carolina 1
Dec 28, 2021 Lee County, Mississippi 1
Dec 28, 2021 Grant County, Arkansas 1
Dec 28, 2021 Lowndes County, Alabama 2
Dec 27, 2021 Pasco County, Florida 1
Dec 26, 2021 Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida 1
Dec 26, 2021 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 1
Dec 25, 2021 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas 1
Dec 25, 2021 Pitt County, North Carolina 1
Dec 25, 2021 Martin County, North Carolina 1
Dec 25, 2021 Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska 1
Dec 24, 2021 Mecklenburg County, Virginia 1
Dec 24, 2021 Ionia County, Michigan 2
Dec 22, 2021 Blue Hill, Hancock County, Maine 1
Dec 22, 2021 Owen County, Indiana 1
Dec 22, 2021 Colusa County, California 1
Dec 21, 2021 Buffalo County, South Dakota 1
Dec 21, 2021 Catawba County, North Carolina 1
Dec 21, 2021 Homer, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska 1
Dec 20, 2021 Madison 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.