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 20, 2021 Missoula County, Montana 1
Dec 20, 2021 Burke County, Georgia 1
Dec 19, 2021 Dillon County, South Carolina 1
Dec 19, 2021 Hardee County, Florida 2
Dec 18, 2021 Brunswick County, Virginia 1
Dec 18, 2021 Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina 1
Dec 18, 2021 Ventura, Ventura County, California 1
Dec 16, 2021 Stamford, Jones County, Texas 2
Dec 16, 2021 Jones County, Texas 1
Dec 16, 2021 St. Louis County, Minnesota 1
Dec 16, 2021 Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan 1
Dec 16, 2021 Riverside County, California 1
Dec 15, 2021 McLennan County, Texas 2
Dec 15, 2021 Franklin County, Pennsylvania 2
Dec 15, 2021 Montgomery, Orange County, New York 1
Dec 14, 2021 Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee 1
Dec 14, 2021 Currituck County, North Carolina 1
Dec 13, 2021 Espanola, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 1
Dec 13, 2021 Glacier County, Montana 1
Dec 13, 2021 Coachella, Riverside County, California 1
Dec 10, 2021 Jacksonville, Onslow County, North Carolina 1
Dec 9, 2021 West Point, Clay County, Mississippi 1
Dec 9, 2021 Lake County, Minnesota 1
Dec 9, 2021 Okeechobee County, Florida 1
Dec 9, 2021 Adams County, Colorado 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.